Rafi Haladjian
Le lapin qui parlait : Rafi Haladjian et la naissance de Nabaztag Paris, 2005. Dans un petit appartement ensoleillé près du canal Saint-Martin, un lapin blanc en plastique est posé sur un bureau, immobile. Deux longues oreilles, parfaitement pointues. Un nez curieux. Des yeux vides.Rafi Haladjian se tient devant lui, un café à la main, […]
Roland Devedjian
Inventor of the famous pressure cooker named « Cocotte-minute » Biography Roland Devedjian, born in 1901 in Sivas and died in 1974, was a foundry engineer of Armenian origin. He immigrated to France from Constantinople in 1919 to escape the genocide of the Armenians. He graduated from a French lycée in Constantinople, where he and his family […]
Anita Conti (Caracotchian)
First female oceanographer Anita Caracotchian was born in Ermont in Seine-et-Oise to a wealthy Armenian family. She spent her childhood being educated at home by different tutors and travelling with her family, gradually developing a passion for books and the sea. After moving to Paris, she concentrated on writing poems and the art of book binding. Her work got the attention of celebrities […]
Georges Artsrouni
Inventor of the first translating machine Georges Artsrouni is a French-Armenian engineer, inventor. He is the author of one of the oldest machine translation devices known to history . He was educated in Saint Petersburg . He settled in France since 1922. Artsruni probably created his first device in 1932 and patented it on July 22, 1933 under the name « Mechanical brain » ( cerveau mécanique ). […]
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. […]
Auguste Ponsot
Inventor of Armenian paper Armenian paper is a type of incense that has been produced for centuries. The paper is infused with essences, fragrances or essential oils in order to achieve a perfuming or cleansing effect. Examples of Armenian paper include Papier d’Arménie, which is produced in France, and Carta d’Armenia, which is produced in Italy. The scents from […]
Hovhannès Althounian
Introducer and first cultivator of madder in the Avignon area Jean-Baptiste Joannis Althen, better simply known as Jean Althen (Hovhannès Althounian; 1709–1774), was an Armenian agronomist from Safavid Iran who developed the cultivation of madder in France. Although the plant had been present in the region before his arrival, it was Jean-Baptiste Althen who developed […]
