Henri Tudor

Henri Owen Tudor (30 September 1859 – 31 May 1928) was a Luxembourgish engineer, inventor, and industrialist. He developed the first practical lead-acid battery in 1886.

Tudor established a factory in Rosport for the purposes of manufacturing the batteries. However, the cost of manufacturing the product in Luxembourg, which had no lead industry and little domestic demand of its own, forced Tudor to expand manufacturing overseas, particularly in Belgium, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Tudor died in 1928, at the age of 68, of lead poisoning. At the time of his death, 25,000 people worked in the manufacture of Tudor batteries.

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NAME=Tudor, Henri Own
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Luxembourgian engineer, inventor, and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH=30 September 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH=Ferschweiler, Germany
DATE OF DEATH=16 July 2005
PLACE OF DEATH=Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg