Ferdinand Gautier
1839–1909 (age 70)
Biography
Ferdinand Gautier was a French engineer whose career spanned the latter nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He contributed to the technological and infrastructural developments that characterized this period of industrial progress in France.
Gautier's professional achievements in engineering reflected the growing importance of technical expertise in French society. His burial in the Cimetière de Montmartre testifies to his standing in Parisian society and his contributions to French engineering.