Léon Talabot
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Joseph Léon Talabot was a French engineer, iron master and politician. He advocated protectionist policies to maintain the prices of iron and steel. He was the founder of the Denain-Anzin steelworks.
Léon Talabot
Antoine Odier
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Antoine Odier was a French banker and politician. He was born in the Republic of Geneva but moved to France and was naturalized during the French Revolution. He was involved in the Indian cotton trade
Léon Talabot
…the Center and the Midi. In 1846 the Association pour la défense du Travail national was formed to promote protectionist policies. The council included Antoine Odier (President), Auguste Mimerel (Vice-President), Joseph Périer (Treasurer) and Louis-Martin Lebeuf (Secretary). Members included Henri Barbet, Léon…
Portrait by Eugène Devéria
"M. Odieux" (Odier) by Honoré Daumier from La Caricature 1833