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Louis François René Panhard (27 May 1841 – 16 July 1908) was a French engineer, merchant and a pioneer of the automobile industry in France. Born in Paris, he studied engineering at the Collège Sainte-Barbe and then graduated from École Centrale Paris in 1864.
René Panhard (born 1841, Paris—died 1908, La Bourbole, Fr.) was a French automobile engineer and manufacturer who, with Émile Levassor, produced the first vehicle with an internal-combustion engine mounted at the front of the chassis rather than under the driver’s seat.
René Panhard, né Louis François René Panhard le 27 mai 1841 à Paris et mort le 16 juillet 1908 à La Bourboule (Puy-de-Dôme), est un ingénieur en mécanique français, cofondateur de l'industrie automobile Panhard en 1889.
Louis François René Panhard (27 May 1841 – 16 July 1908) was a French engineer, merchant and a pioneer of the automobile industry in France. Born in Paris, he studied engineering at the Collège Sainte-Barbe and then graduated from École Centrale Paris in 1864. He was then employed by Jean-Louis Périn in a firm that produced wood-working machines.
Panhard was originally called Panhard et Levassor, and was established as an automobile manufacturing concern by René Panhard, Émile Levassor, and Belgian lawyer Edouard Sarazin in 1887. Early years. Panhard et Levassor sold their first automobile in 1890, based on a Daimler engine license.
Louis François René Panhard (27 May 1841 – 16 July 1908) was a French engineer, merchant and a pioneer of the automobile industry in France. Born in Paris, he studied engineering at the Collège Sainte-Barbe and then graduated from École Centrale Paris in 1864.
Birth of René Panhard. René Panhard was born on May 27, 1841 in Paris, into a wealthy family of carriage makers and horse-drawn carriage renters. He entered the École Centrale where his classmate was Emile Levassor.
