Armand Peugeot

Armand Peugeot studied at the École Centrale in Paris and spent time in Leeds, England, learning about industrial production before joining the family business in Valentigney and Beaulieu.

Armand Peugeot (1849-1915) was the member of the Peugeot industrial family who took the business into motor vehicles. He showed a steam tricycle built with Léon Serpollet at the 1889 Paris Exposition, switched to Daimler-licensed petrol engines in 1890, and in 1896 founded the Société des Automobiles Peugeot as a company separate from the family hardware and bicycle firm.

Education: École Centrale Paris.

Peugeot was born on February 18, 1849 and died on February 4, 1915. He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1999. Armand Peugeot was born in 1849.