Birkgit, Mark (1878 - 1953)

designer, founder

Marc Birkigt was a Swiss engineer who moved to Barcelona, Spain when he was hired as an engineer by Emilio de la Cuadra. Birkigt was nominated for the Car Engineer of the Century prize for the luxurious Hispano-Suiza H6 car in the 1920s. He also won fame for the aircraft engines and guns he designed at Hispano-Suiza as chief engineer..
Hispano-Suiza (literally: "Spanish-Swiss") was a Spanish automotive and engineering firm, best known for its luxury cars and aviation engines inthe pre-World War II period of the twentieth century. The company was founded in 1904 in Barcelona by the swiss mechanical engineer Marc Birkigt and by the spanish Damian Mateu.
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Curriculum vitae

* 1878	Geneve, Suisse	born
1888		Mechanical engineering Degree
1904		he founds Hispano-Suiza with Damian Mateu
1911		foundation of a plant in France
1915		production of aircraft engines
† 1953	Versoix, Suisse	died

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Rationalisation, ca. 1920-1950

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Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_25767004.html

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Birkgit, Mark (1878 - 1953)