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): Bernard Arcand • Carlos Manuel de Céspedes • Chloe Bennet • Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown • Divock Origi • Jerzy Stuhr • John Podhoretz • Melissa Joan Hart • Philip Jackson (sculptor) • PinkPantheress • Sam Crawford

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