Jean Bourguignon, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean Bourguignon

inventor

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1926

Date of Death: 10-May-1981

Profession: engineer

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Jean Bourguignon

  • Jean-Jules Bourguignon (29 August 1926 in Latinne – 10 May 1981 in (Neupré)) was a Belgian inventor.
  • Having left school at the age of 16, he had a variety of jobs while developing his inventing skills. He invented about 50 items in the 1960s, some of which are still being used today, like the first perpetual movement watch; the first remote control toy car; the first radio alarm clock and a special camera lens which produced three-dimensional pictures and films. He was featured in the Paris Match Benelux in February 1962 and was awarded a medal in the Salon des Inventeurs of Brussels in the early sixties. He had one daughter,Marie-Jeanne from his first wife Marie-Josée Velter. He was married to Simonne Courtoy and they had 2 children, Françoise, an artist, and Yolande.

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