Alexandre Bordes
Alexandre Bordes (1860-1943) was a French shipowner and senior civil servant, member of the shipping company that bears his name.
| Alexandre Bordes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 December 1860 |
Biography
Alexandre Louis Barthélemy Bordes was born on December 7, 1860 in Valparaíso, Chile, where his father Antoine-Dominique was a shipowner. In 1878, he was associated with his brothers in the company, which was transformed in 1883 into the Ant. Dom. Bordes and sons, then MM. Bordes company. On the death of his older brother Adolphe, he headed the Compagnie française d'armament de d'importation de nitrate de soda, which succeeded the company MM. Bordes.[1]
He became a member of the Superior Council of the Merchant Navy from 1919 to 1925 . As part of his services for National Defense, he was promoted to Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honor in 1936 [2]. Alexandre Bordes was chosen in 1936 to hold the position of Under-Secretary of State for the Merchant Navy ( Léon Blum 1 government).
He dies on September 9, 1943 in Paris, at the age of 59.[3] Owner of the Nellcote villa, he is in particular the creator of his tropical park.
The award for the Sailing Club's cruise races in Villefranche-sur-Mer bears his name since 1928 : Alexandre Bordes Prize.[4]
Notes and references
- ↑ "Alexandre Bordes (1860-1943)". data.bnf.fr (in français). Retrieved 2023-01-29..
- ↑ "Recherche - Base de données Léonore". leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr (in français). Retrieved 2023-01-29..
- ↑ "Journal des débats politiques et littéraires". Gallica (in français). 1943-12-11. Retrieved 2023-01-29..
- ↑ "Le Yacht : journal de la navigation de plaisance". Gallica (in français). 1928-09-22. Retrieved 2023-02-01..
Bibliography
- M. Barbance, Commercial Life of the Cape Horn Route in the XIX Century century . Armament A.-D. Bordes et fils, Editions of the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, January 1969,ISBN 2-7132-0089-X, 978-2-7132-0089-2
- L'Épopée des grands cap-horniers dunkirk, Dunkirk magazine, no 184 ,avril 2008, p. 27-30
- Henri Queffélec, These are sailboats that the wind carries away, the life of Antoine-Dominique Bordes, Presses de la Cité, 1984
- Geir Hørnes, The Curious Chronicles of Villa Nellcote, Litteraturdepartementet, Oslo, 2022