About Jean Walter
Lived 1883 – 1957 (aged 73–74). Jean Walter was a French architect, french resistance fighter, writer, industrialist and patron of the arts.
Jean Walter, (Montbéliard, 1883, Dordives – 1957), was a French architect who mainly worked for public housing, hospital architecture, and condominiums .
Life After his graduation in 1902 from the École Spéciale d'Architecture, he participated in the First World War, which he ended after an injury as a military attaché for Georges Clemenceau.
Having detected in 1925 a rich ore body of lead and zinc close to Oujda in Morocco, he founded in 1935 the "Société des mines de Zellidja", which brought him wealth and notoriety. In 1941, he married Domenica Guillaume, the widow of art dealer Paul Guillaume.
He died suspiciously in 1957 after being hit by a car, leading some to speculate that his wife was responsible for his death.
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French architect (1883–1957)
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Jean Walter was born in 1883 in Montbéliard.
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Jean Walter died in 1957 in Dordives.
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Jean Walter was an architect, french resistance fighter, writer, industrialist and patron of the arts.
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Jean Walter was French.
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