Fulgence Bienvenüe 64665 217536796 2008-06-06T14:06:54Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[pl:Fulgence Bienvenüe]] [[Image:Bienvenue.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Fulgence Bienvenüe in front of the entrance to [[Monceau (Paris Métro)|Monceau]] station]] '''Fulgence Bienvenüe''' ([[January 27]], [[1852]]–[[August 3]], [[1936]]) was a [[France|French]] [[civil engineer]], best known for his role in the construction of the [[Paris Métro]]. A native of [[Uzel]] in [[Brittany]], he graduated as a civil engineer in 1872. His first assignment was the construction of various railway lines in the [[Mayenne]] area. In the course of this work, his left arm was crushed in a construction accident and had to be amputated. He relocated to [[Paris]] in 1886 and became chief engineer for the Paris Métro in 1896. He would supervise its construction for more than three decades, finally retiring on [[December 6]], [[1932]]. On [[June 30]], [[1933]], [[List of stations of the Paris Métro|Avenue du Maine station]] on the Metro was renamed Bienvenüe in his honor. The naming ceremony took place in his presence; there was a last-minute scramble to repaint the station's new nameboards when it was discovered that the unusual [[dieresis]] in his name had been omitted (making the French word for "welcome"). In 1942 the station was linked to the adjacent Montparnasse station, forming a single station named [[Montparnasse - Bienvenüe (Paris Métro)|Montparnasse-Bienvenüe]]. ==References== * Bindi, A. & Lefeuvre, D. (1990). ''Le Métro de Paris: Histoire d'hier à demain,'' Rennes: Ouest-France. ISBN 2737302048. {{fr icon}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bienvenue, Fulgence}} [[Category:1852 births]] [[Category:1936 deaths]] [[Category:Alumni of the École Polytechnique]] [[Category:French amputees]] [[Category:French civil engineers]] [[Category:Paris Métro]] [[de:Fulgence Bienvenüe]] [[fr:Fulgence Bienvenüe]] [[pl:Fulgence Bienvenüe]] [[ru:Бьенвеню, Фюльжанс]] [[vi:Fulgence Bienvenüe]]