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Born Pierre MICHAUX
French blacksmith
Born on June 25, 1813 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse , France
Died on January 10, 1883 in Gentilly, Val-de-Marne , France
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He started building bicycles with pedals in the early 1860s. He, or his son Ernest, may have been the inventor of this machine, by adapting cranks and pedals on the front wheel of a draisine.
... Pierre Michaux was born at Bar le Duc and worked as a blacksmith who furnished parts for the carriage trade in Paris during the 1850s and 1860s.
He started building bicycles with pedals in the early 1860s. He, or his son Ernest, may have been the inventor of this machine, by adapting cranks and pedals on the front wheel of a draisine.
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