Émile Wenz
Émile Wenz (1863-1940) was the oldest son Émile Wenz (1834-1926), a wool-seller at Reims, and of Marie Dertinger (1839-1925). The other children of the couple were Frédéric (1865-1940), Paul (1869-1939), Alfred (1872-1947) and Aline (1873-1958).[1]
He was first and foremost a pioneer in aerial photography making use of the kite.[1]
Inn 1888 he married Mairie Pauline Chaponnière (1861-1945), born in Marseille. Their marriage produced three children: Marguerite (1889-1988) ; Jean (1890-1916) ; Isabelle (1893-?)[2].
As was the custom, he entered the family business at the low level to handle all the day-to-day aspects of the organization. Later, upon the death of his father in 1926, Émile and his younger brother Alfred took on the outright direction of the corporation.
At 21 years old, in 1884, he took a tour of the world, his story of which being published in 1886 as Mon Journal, voyage autour du monde 1884-1885.
From around 1880 he was inspired by photography and published many studies[3] in the Travaux de l'Académie nationale de Reims[4], of which he was elected a titular member 1913.
He participated likewise in the in the organization of the first Grande Semaine d'aviation de la Champagne in 1909, the first in the world.
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Publications by or about Émile Wenz
- Wenz, 1891, Sur la photographie aérienne par cerf-volant (Simple title: On aerial photography by kite, Journal: Bulletin de la Société Française de Photographie)
- Wenz, 1897, Notes sur la photographie aérienne par cerf-volant (Simple title: Notes on aerial photography by kite, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Wenz, 1900, Observatoire-sonde enlevé par cerfs-volants (Simple title: Observatory-probe removed by kites, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Wenz, 1901, Le cerf-volant comme engin de sauvetage (Simple title: The kite as a life-saving machine, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Wenz, 1901, La question de la photographie aérienne par cerf-volant (Simple title: The question of aerial photography by kite, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Wenz, 1902, Résumé historique de l'invention de la photographie aérienne par cerf-volant (Simple title: Abstract history of the invention of aerial photography by kite, Journal: Bulletin de la Société Française de Photographie)
- Wenz, 1902, La photographie aérienne par cerf-volant (Simple title: Aerial photography by kite, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Wenz, 1904, Parti que l'on peut tirer, dans plusieurs branches de la science, du cerf-volant enlevant les appareils (Simple title: In many branches of science, kite-taking devices, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Wenz, 1906, Délesteur automatique E. Wenz (Simple title: Automatic shearer E. Wenz, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Wenz, 1907, La photographie aérienne par cerf-volant (Simple title: Aerial photography by kite, Journal: La Conq. L'Air)
- Wenz, 1907, Les assurances et l'aérostation (Simple title: Insurance and aerostation, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Wenz, 1908, Une station de cerf-volants météorologiques (Simple title: A meteorological kite station, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Wenz, 1908, La photographie aérienne par cerf-volant (Simple title: Aerial photography by kite, Journal: La Conq. L'Air)
- Wenz, 1912, La métrophotographie en France et à l'étranger (Simple title: Metrophotography in France and abroad, Journal: Techn. Aér.)
| Names | Émile Wenz |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 1863 |
| Death date | 1940 |
| Countries | FR |
| Locations | Reims |
| Occupations | photographer, director |
| Tech areas | Photography, Aerial photography, Kite |
| Affiliations | |
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