Léon Lhoist


Léon Lhoist was a Belgian businessman. In 1889 Hippolyte Dumont, his father-in-law, established the Carrières et Fours à Chaux Dumont-Wautier, at Hermalle in Belgium. In 1924, Léon Lhoist founded the Etablissements Léon Lhoist, a lime and dolime producer, at Jemelle, Belgium. In 1926, :fr:Lhoist|Lhoist established the Carrières et Fours à Chaux de Dugny, in France.