Augustin Pouyer-Quertier


Augustin Thomas Pouyer-Quertier, was Minister for Finance of France.
He was born in Étouteville-en-Caux and died in Rouen.
He developed a cotton factory and cotton agriculture in Algeria.
He was one of the founders of Compagnie française du télégraphe de Paris à New-York, the French Telegraph Company, in 1879.