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Geoffroy Velten, or Godfried Velten, (10 September 1831 – 21 September 1915) was a French brewer, newspaper proprietor and politician who became a member of the Senate of France. ==Early career== Godfried Velten was born in Brumath, Bas-Rhin, on 10 September 1831. At the age of 17 he moved to Marseille in 1848 with his uncle. He began work in a brewery in Marseille. He became an independent brewer in 1861, and made about of beer in the first year. In 1869 he installed ice-making equipment with capacity of per day for use in his brewery and for sale locally. Velten became a political activist and helped with the elections of Léon Gambetta in 1868 and of Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros in 1869. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 he joined the 1st batallion of the National Guard. He created a relief fund to help families in need whose sons were in the army. He was president of this society and donated 1,000 francs per month for the duration of the war. He donated two machine guns for the national defense. He was a co-founder of the ''Société d'Alsace-Lorraine'' in 1871, and was vice-president until 1877. Velten became a municipal councilor in Marseille in 1874, and a councilor-general in Bouches-du-Rhône in 1879. From 1874 to 1876 Velten made of ice each year to supply ships in the trade with China. In 1879 he built a pneumatic maltery, the only one of its type in France. By 1880 his brewery was producing per year. In 1881 he sold his brewery for a considerable fortune. He was made a knight of the Legion of Honor on 30 December 1881 and was promoted to Officer of the Legion of Honor on 30 March 1885. 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「Geoffroy Velten」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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