caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality name birth_date residence image article_title education birth_name occupation
rené panhard 16 july 1908 la bourboule , france paris , france french rené panhard 27 may 1841 paris rené.jpg rené panhard
 École centrale paris louis françois rené panhard the automobile industry .
rené panhard

louis françois rené panhard -lrb- 27 may 1841 - 16 july 1908 -rrb- was a french engineer , merchant and a pioneer of the automobile industry in france .
born in paris , and having graduated from École centrale paris , he was employed by jean-louis périn in a firm that produced wood-working machines , where panhard met Émile levassor .
after périn 's death , the two established their own firm , panhard et levassor which produced its first automobile in 1890 .
he was also a mayor of thiais in the département val-de-marne .
in paris , a street in the 13th arrondissement is named after him .
rené panhard died in la bourboule and was buried in the père lachaise cemetery in paris .
