Adolphe Bazaine-Vasseur
Pierre-Dominique "Adolphe" Bazaine (1 December 1809 – 1893), was a French railway engineer. He was a regional engineer with the highways department at Altkirch, subsequently becoming director of railways for Alsace.
Pierre-Dominique Bazaine | |
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.jpg.webp) Bazaine in 1890 | |
| Born | 1 December 1809 Versailles, France |
| Died | 1893 (aged 83–84) France |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
| Relatives | Francois Achille Bazaine (brother) |
| Awards |  Legion of Honour - Officer (1861) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Engineer |
Early life
Son of Pierre-Dominique Bazaine (1786-1838), also an engineer, and of Mary Madeleine Josèphe (known as Mélanie) Vasseur. Adolphe was the elder brother of François Achille Bazaine, the Marshal of France.[1] Adolphe entered l'Ecole Polytechnique in 1827, and then the school of the department of civil engineering.
Career
Bazaine was appointed engineer of district of the department of civil engineering to Altkirch (High Rhine). Adolphe Bazaine was then given responsibility for the construction of the railway line from Mulhouse to Thann; then, with Mr. Chaperone, he established the project of the section Strasburg Bâle. He remained there, overseeing the railways of Alsace up to 1842. He was then given the project of building the canal of the Sauldre from 1 January 1849, replacing Charles Augustus Machart, but in fact his activity principally consisted of prepare and carry out the liquidation of the Workshops. He finished Sauldre on 1 May 1849. Afterwards, he supervised different railway businesses in the North, the Bourbonnais (the line from Andrézieux to Le Coteau from 1855), and the Charentes (Company of the Charentes from 1862).
Bazaine was in communication with the utopian socialists Charles Fourier and Victor Considérant (his fellow student polytechnicien of the graduate class of 1826), who after the failure of the revolutionary attempt of 13 June 1849, took refuge at his house while awaiting to be able to flee in Belgium.
Personal life
Bazaine was the brother-in-law of the engineer and physicist Paul Émile Clapeyron, spouse of Mélanie Bazaine-Vasseur.
He married Georgina Elizabeth Hayter, daughter of the Victorian court painter Sir George Hayter and they had 3 children Achille (George), Adolphe and George (Albert).
Awards
By decree on 15 April 1841, Bazaine was made a Knight of France's Legion of Honour[2] By decree on 5 August 1861 he was promoted in rank to the rank of Officer in the Legion of Honour award system.[2][3]
Works
- Études sur les voies communication: I. Chemins vicinaux
References
- Baumont, Maurice (1979). "Bazaine: Les secrets d'un maréchal (1811-1888)" [Bazaine: The Secrets of a Marshal (1811-1888)]. La Nouvelle Revue des Deux Mondes [The New Journal of Two Worlds]. Paris: Revue des Deux Mondes. pp. 250–252. eISSN 2266-4823. ISBN 978-2-11-080717-5. JSTOR 44199978. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- "Reconstitution des Matricules - Bazaine-Vasseur (Dominique)". France’s National Archives - Léonore Database (in French). France. 5 August 1861. p. 1. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022. Alt URL
- "Bazaine-Vasseur, Dominique - Certificate No 150/18". France’s National Archives - Léonore Database (in French). France. 5 August 1861. p. 3. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
