Albert Champion
(1878-1927)

cyclist and developer of sparkplugs (from 1907)

Died aged 49

Albert Champion (5 April 1878 – 26 October 1927) was a French track bicycle racer and later an industrialist who won the 1899 Paris–Roubaix. In 1905 he incorporated the Albert Champion Company in Boston to make porcelain spark plugs with his name on them. Three years later founded the Champion Ignition Company in Flint, Michigan. In 1922 he changed the name to AC Spark Plug Company, after his initials, to settle out of court with his original partners in the Albert Champion Company. The company is now known as ACDelco and is owned by General Motors.

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Boston, MA, United States

Cyclorama Building A registered national historic place Built in 1884 to exhibit a huge circular painting "The Battle of Gettysburg" now at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. It was later used as skating rink, garage and flower market. The site where Albert Champion developed his sparkplug in 1907 and since 1970 the main exhibition hall for the Boston Centre for the Arts.

539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, United States where they invented the sparkplug (1905)