Aram Deukmedjian

Popularizes Yoghurt in France He grew up in Istanbul (Constantinople) on the Kurucesme estate. He was educated in Istanbul at the « Aramyan school », in 1902, where he was awarded a Turkish government scholarship in 1909 to study abroad. He decided to study in Paris, at the Sorbonne. In 1913, he obtained a licence es science. […]

Hrand Djevahirdjian

Pioneer in the industrial production of synthetic crystals Born march 29 1880 in Constantinople, died november 24 1947 in Monthey, former student of the Mekhitarist College in Venice. Lapidary and gemstone merchant in Paris, Hrand was a pioneer in the industrial production of synthetic crystals. In 1914, he moved to Monthey, where he found the […]