Eugene Houdry

Eugène Jules Houdry was a mechanical engineer who graduated from École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers in 1911. Houdry served as a lieutenant in a tank company in the French Army during World War One, receiving the French Legion of Honour. He helped innovate catalytic cracking of petroleum feed stocks, for which he received the Perkin Medal among others.

18 April 1892

Born on the same birth day (18 April): Al-Wathiq • André Bazin • Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown • Jeff Dunham • Leopold Berchtold • Michael D. Higgins • Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran • Saad Hariri • Waldemar Hammenhög

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