VICOMTE DE LA JARRIE DEAD AT AGE 62
New York City (JFK+50) On June 16, 1925, Associated Press reports the death yesterday here in New York of "aviation expert" Vicomte de la Jarre* at the age of 62.
Vicomte de la Jarre was also head of the French government's bureau of information. He was an early backer of the Wright Brothers and considered to be a pioneer in aviation.
*Vicomte Gustave Duranceau de la Jarrie (1860-1925) was born at Chateau de la Jarrie & studied medicine at the Sorbonne. VLJ took painting lessons from Claude Monet.
He served as governor of Cambodia & helped France get a monopoly of the Wright Brothers airplanes. VLJ was an expert in archaeology & founded the Bureau of French Colonial Information.
SOURCES
"Aviation Expert Dies," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., June 16, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"The Late Dr. De La Jarrie," by Nathan Haskell Dole, The New York Times, August 9, 1925, www.nytimes.com/
