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Albert Lemaître, (aka Georges Lemaître〔Some modern anglophone secondary sources (and myriad derivative internet sites) use the name Georges Lemaître, but the leading contemporary French sources of the 1890s-1900s, motoring magazines and publications ''La France Automobile'' and ''La Vie Automobile'' consistently refer to him as Albert Lemaître, as do ''The Great Road Races 1894-1914'' by Henry Serrano Villard and ''Mercedes And Auto Racing In The Belle Epoque, 1895-1915'' by Robert Dick. Albert Lemaître had a brother with whom he worked in the Champagne industry - his name is not currently known. A Georges Lemaître married into the Mercier champagne family and was also involved in motoring during the 1900s.〕), was a French sporting motorist and early racing driver. He was the first petrol powered finisher in what is described as 'the world's first competitive motoring event' when he drove his Peugeot Type 7 from Paris to Rouen at in 1894. The Comte de Dion had finished first but his steam powered vehicle was ineligible for the main prize which was shared between the manufacturers Peugeot and Panhard.〔(Forix, Autosport, 8W – Welcome to Who? What? Where? When? Why? on the World Wide Web. ''The cradle of motorsport'' by Rémi Paolozzi, May 28, 2003 )〕 Throughout the 1890s he competed in a range of events and races driving Peugeots, but after their withdrawal from competition in the early 1900s he was contracted to drive Mercedes. In 1906 in Paris he murdered his wife in a domestic argument after she had filed for divorce. He then fired the third gunshot into his own head. In September 1906 he was acquitted of a Crime of passion.〔(Le Petit Journal, 7 September 1906, Court Reports - Crime of Passion )〕 ==Family life== Albert Lemaître was born (circa 1864) in Ay, Marne, a village outside Épernay, where he worked in partnership with his brother as an exporter in the champagne industry. Circa 1901 (1900〔) he married Miss Lucie Dumény after her first engagement had been broken off for family reasons. After 4 years of happy marriage Lucie had rekindled feelings for her ex-fiancée and in February 1906 she both filed for divorce and moved out of the marital apartment. On 7 May 1906 at the apartment on rue de Miromesnil in Paris he murdered her with two gunshots and then shot himself in the head, she was 28 years old and had no children. Albert Lemaître was taken to the 'Hopital Beaujon' and on hearing the news of her death Lucie's lover also shot himself. In September 1906 Lemaître was acquitted of a Crime of passion.〔 〔(Newspaper cuttings - Le Figaro'' Paris, 8 May 1906 - ''Nouvelles Diverses - À Paris.'' Le Drame de la rue de Miromesnil. Le Figaro, Paris, 7 September 1906 - ''Gazette des Tribunaux'' Cour d'assises de la Seine : Meurtrier de sa Femme; :(see Notes) )〕〔((Google Books) Mercedes And Auto Racing In The Belle Epoque, 1895-1915 by Robert Dick. )〕〔(TNF - Lemaitre and Giraud. Doug Nye - ''By 1897 'La France Automobile' listed him as Albert Lemaitre of Ay (Marne)'' )〕〔The 'rue Albert Lemaître' in Courcelles, Belgium is associated with the artist Albert Lemaître (1886-1975) who was born in Liège and died in Milhars)〕 〔''Le Figaro'' Paris, 8 May 1906 states: 〕 〔''Le Figaro'' Paris, 7 September 1906 states: 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albert Lemaître」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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