Émile Metz (23 February 1835 - 13 February 1904) was a Luxembourgish politician, industrialist and engineer. He was the eldest son of
Norbert Metz.
Born in
Eich in 1835, he studied engineering in Paris, then proceeded to work for
Waring Brothers, who built railway lines.
After this, he started working in his father's business, ''Metz & Cie''. At the suggestion of Jean Meyer, who was head of research at ''Metz & Cie'', Émile Metz managed to convince his father to buy the rights to the
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Émile Metz became manager of the Dudelange foundry, the ''S.A. des Hauts Fournaux et Forges de Dudelange'', which was established in 1881 to produce steel exclusively using the new method. In 1885, after his father's death, Metz became manager of the ''Société Metz & Cie''.
Metz was also active in politics: from 1874 to 1888 he was mayor of the commune of Eich, and from 1885 to 1899 he represented the canton of
Capellen in the
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In 1895 after his cousin Edouard Metz's death, he became president of the chamber of commerce. This he remained until 1904.
In 1896, he had a villa built for himself, which today houses the Russian Embassy in Luxembourg.
Émile Metz died in 1904 in
Heidelberg
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. He married Edmée Tesch, the daughter of
Victor Tesch
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, an associate of his father. After his death, his widow established a foundation, which created the ''Institut Emile Metz'' in 1913, now the ''Lycée technique privé Émile-Metz''. In its courtyard is a monument giving thanks to "Madame Émile Metz-Tesch".
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Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg(French)
Lycée technique privé Émile-Metz
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Luxembourgian businesspeople
Luxembourgian engineers
Mayors of places in Luxembourg
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)
1835 births
1904 deaths