Edgar Brandt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edgar Brandt

French businessman

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1880

Place of Birth: Paris, ÃŽle-de-France, France

Date of Death: 08-May-1960

Profession: businessperson, engineer, ironworker

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


Show Famous Birthdays Today, France

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Edgar Brandt

  • Edgar William Brandt (24 December 1880 – 8 May 1960) was a French ironworker, prolific weapons designer and head of a company that designed 60mm, 81mm and 120mm mortars that were very widely copied throughout and subsequent to World War II.
  • He also invented discarding-sabot artillery shells, and contributed substantially through his development of HEAT rifle grenades to the development of effective HEAT-warhead weapons for infantry anti-tank use. In 1902, Brandt set up the business établissements Brandt, where he produced ironwork and light armaments; this was based at 76 rue Michel-Ange in Paris. His company was nationalised in 1936, and subsequently it purchased several engineering companies including the société Mécanique Industrielle de Précision (MIP) at Tulle in 1938.
  • The same year, Brandt opened a major facility at La Ferté-Saint-Aubin which became the company's headquarters. In 1956 Hotchkiss et Cie merged with établissements Brandt to form the Hotchkiss-Brandt company, which ten years later merged with Thomson and became Thomson-Brandt Armements.
  • After further evolutions, the company is now called TDA Armements SAS and is a part of the Thales Group. He also was a very fine artist.
  • He made things out of metal like his very fine Firescreen he created for a fireplace.

Read more at Wikipedia