Philippe de Girard
(1775-1845)

inventor, mechanical engineer, and inventor of the machine to spin flax

Died aged c. 70

Philippe Henri de Girard (February 1, 1775 – August 26, 1845aged 70) was a French engineer and inventor of the first flax spinning frame in 1810, and the person after whom the town of Żyrardów in Poland was named. He was also the uncredited inventor of food preservation using tin cans.

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Commemorated on 1 plaque

A Philippe de Girard Inventeur de la filature mécanique du lin ne dans Cette Maison le 1e Fevrier 1773 Le Départment de Vaucluse Déliberation du Conseil Géneral du 14 Avril 1890

English translation: A Philippe de Girard Inventor of the mechanical spinning of flax in This House on 1st February 1773 The Department of Vaucluse Deliberation of the Géneral Council of 14 April 1890 [AWS Translate]

Square Eugene Bounot, Lourmarin, France where they was born (1775)