Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe
Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe, born Salomon Henry Deutsch, was a successful French petroleum businessman, and a supporter of early aviation. He sponsored a number of prizes to encourage the development of aviation technologies, including the Grand Prix d'Aviation and the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize.
Deutsch c. 1903
Alfred Leblanc in airplane, being congratulated by Deutsch de la Meurthe, in Nancy, France after the Circuit de l'Est d'Aviation
Santos Dumont circling the Eiffel Tower with the airship number 5 on 13 July 1901: This photograph is often erroneously identified as the airship number 6. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution (SI Neg. No. 85-3941).
Image: Ecquevilly Buste d'Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe
Suzanne Deutsch de la Meurthe
Suzanne Henriette Charlotte Deutsch de la Meurthe was a French Jewish philanthropist who inherited a fortune from her father, a highly successful industrialist. She is remembered for restoring the village of Moÿ-de-l'Aisne which was devastated during the First World War and for launching a more effective version of the Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe, triggering the development of civil aviation in France in the 1930s.
Monument to Suzanne Deutsch de La Meurthe in Moÿ-de-l'Aisne
