Maurice Masson

Maurice Masson was a 20th-century French architect who had a prestigious architectural cabinet in Saigon in the 1940s, and who left many landmarks in French Indochina, some still standing, some who have been destroyed such as the former Cathedral of Phnom Penh.

Biography Maurice Alphonse Mason was born in Paris 3rd on 31 December 1895. He was the son of Eugène Victor Masson, a 33-years old man who worked as a sales representative, and Céline Alice Haché, who was age 24.

During the First World War, he fought with such courage that he was rewarded with the Croix de Guerre. He was the architect of the Crédit foncier d'Indochine.

He was called to continue the project of the Cathedral of Phnom Penh after Louis Chauchon had died in the bombings of Saigon in 1945. He saw the inauguration of the work and the laying of the first stone in the presence of King Suramarit. However, Maurice Masson died in 1955. whom he had hired back in 1949.

Awards and recognitions Maurice Masson was a member of the French Architects Association (Société des Architectes Diplômés par le Gouvernement) from 1926 until his death. He also received the Croix de guerre and various military medals for his courage in battle during the First World War.