Louis Nicolle
{{Short description|French politician (1871–1942)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Louis Nicolle
| image = Louis Nicolle-1936.jpg
| caption = Louis Nicolle in 1936
| office = Minister of Health
| term_start = 24 January 1936
| term_end = 4 June 1936
| predecessor = Ernest Lafont
| successor = Henri Sellier
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|06|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lille, Nord, France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1942|07|23|1871|06|16|df=y}}
| death_place = Paris, France
| nationality = French
| occupation = Linen manufacturer
}}
Louis Nicolle (16 June 1871 – 23 July 1942) was a French linen manufacturer and politician who was a deputy from 1924 to 1936, and was Minister of Health in 1936.
Life
Louis Nicolle was born on 16 June 1871 in Lille, Nord.
Nicolle's father was a former naval officer.
His mother came from an established family of Lille industrialists.
Nicolle attended the lycée in Lille, undertook his year of military service, then entered the business of manufacturing linen from flax.
He became honorary chairman of the French Flax Committee, president of the Industrial Society of the Nord and French president of the International Federation of Flax Spinners.
He was elected mayor of Lomme.{{sfn|Jolly|1960–1977}}
In 1911 Nicolle bought the Vandenbosh flax mill in Wambrechies.
During World War I (1914–18) the Germans occupied the town, removed the machinery and dismantled the facilities.
After the war Nicolle used compensation for wartime damage to build a modern new factory.
The architect André Granet, nephew of Gustave Eiffel, undertook the project in 1923–25 using reinforced concrete.
The building was a pioneering example of the new construction approach.{{sfn|La Linière Nicolle – Mairie de Wambrechies}}
In 1924 Nicolle was elected deputy on the Democratic Republican Entente list, and was reelected until he retired from political life in 1936.
He was Minister of Health from 24 January 1936 to 4 June 1936 in the cabinet of Albert Sarraut.{{sfn|Jolly|1960–1977}}
Louis Nicolle died in Paris in the 8th arrondissement on 23 July 1942 at the age of 71.{{sfn|Collectif|2005}}
Publications
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- {{citation|language=fr|title=La Culture et l'Importation du Lin de Russie
|author1=Julien (capitaine) |author2=Nicolle, Louis |year=1917
|location=Paris|publisher=Collection de l'association "France-Russie|pages=17}}
- {{citation |title=Le tapis : un art, une industrie
|author=Windels, Fernand |contributor=Nicolle, Louis |contribution=preface |others=Lainé, Lucien, Préface
|year=1935|language=fr|location=Paris |publisher=les Editions D'Antin|pages=212}}
{{refend}}
Notes
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Sources
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- {{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche.asp?num_dept=5549
|author=Collectif|chapter=Nicolle (Louis)|title=Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1940 à 1958|access-date=2015-12-29
|publisher=La Documentation française|location=Paris|year=2005|language=fr}}
- {{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche.asp?num_dept=5549
|last=Jolly|first=Jean|chapter=Nicolle (Louis)
|title=Dictionnaire des parlementaires français; notices biographiques sur les ministres, députés et sénateurs français de 1889 à 1940
|language=fr|publisher=Presses universitaires de France|location=Paris|date=1960–1977|access-date=2015-12-26|ISBN=2-1100-1998-0}}
- {{citation|ref={{harvid|La Linière Nicolle – Mairie de Wambrechies}}|language=fr|url=http://www.wambrechies.fr/Patrimoine/Patrimoine-bati/La-Liniere-Nicolle
|title=La Linière Nicolle|publisher=Mairie de Wambrechies|access-date=2015-12-29}}
{{refend}}
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Category:Politicians from Lille
Category:Republican Federation politicians
Category:Ministers of health of France
Category:Members of the 13th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Category:Members of the 14th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Category:Members of the 15th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic