Jean François Mayor de Montricher

Jean François Mayor de Montricher (otherwise Frantz Mayor de Montricher) (19 April 1810 – 28 May 1858) was a Swiss engineer. He designed the Roquefavour Aqueduct, near Aix-en-Provence in France, and drained the Fucine Lake in Central Italy.

The Roquefavour Aqueduct
Jean François Mayor de Montricher
Bust by Andre-Joseph Allar at the Palais Longchamp in Marseille
Born19 April 1810
Lully, Vaud, Switzerland
Died28 May 1858 (1858-05-29) (aged 48)
Naples, Italy
EducationLycée Thiers, Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées
OccupationEngineer
Parent(s)Jean Charles Louis Mayor de Montricher
Marie Nicolette Pauline Françoise Chamot

Biography

Early life

Jean François Mayor de Montricher was born on 19 April 1810 in Lully, Vaud, Switzerland.[1][2][3] His mother was Marie Nicolette Pauline Françoise Chamot. His father, Jean Charles Louis Mayor de Montricher, was a businessman who moved to Marseille for work. As a result, Jean Francois was educated at the Lycée Thiers in Marseille. He graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées.[2][3]

Career

Mayor de Montricher was employed by Maximin-Dominique Consolat, the Mayor of Marseilles, to design the Roquefavour Aqueduct.[4] On 30 September 1852 Emperor Louis Napoléon Bonaparte awarded him with the Legion of Honor for his work.[4] In 2002, it became a monument historique (English: national heritage site).[4]

Later, he was commissioned by Alessandro Torlonia, 2nd Prince of Civitella-Cesi, to drain the Fucine Lake in Central Italy.[2] The resulting plain became one of Italy's most fertile regions.

Death

He died of typhoid fever on 28 May 1858 in Naples, Italy.[1][2]

Further reading
  • Auguste Jouret, Frantz Mayor de Montricher: 1810-1858, Lyon: Technica, 1947.[5]

References
  1. "Struturae: Frantz Mayor de Montricher". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. European Regional Conference Integrated Land and Water Resources Management in History: Proceedings of the Special Session on History, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage , May 16th, 2005, p. 178
  3. Bulletin des lois de la République Française, 1831, Volumes 2-3, p. 611
  4. "L'Aqueduc de Roquefavour" [The Aqueduct of Roquefavour] (in French). ventabren.fr. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  5. "World Cat". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
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