Amédée Bollée
Amedee Bollee (* 1844, † 1917), called for his son the same name as Amedee Bollee père (father), was a French bell founder and automobile pioneer from Le Mans.
Bollee was the son of the bell-founder Ernest -Sylvain Bollee. In 1873 he built his first steam car the Obedient ( l' Obéissante ) and drove this car in 1875 Le Mans to Paris, for which he was traveling 75 police warnings. More vehicles he called " the Le Mans " ( Mancelle ), " Marie- Anne ," " the Fast " ( Rapide ), "the New ". For the reason of him ( new) invented Ackermann steering (1806 Georg Lankensperger ) he got in 1875 in France a patent.
His sons Amedee Bollee Junior and Leon Bollee emerged as car designers in his footsteps and founded the company Amedee Bollee fils and Automobiles Leon Bollee.
Bell Foundry
The bell foundry of Bollée family was also very successful internationally and endowed many cathedrals around the world with all the bells and chimes. So come as the great bells of the church of Notre Dame de Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from Bollée. Hang in there six bells with a total weight of 30 tons of bronze and excellent sound. A similarly large bells provided Bollée for the Cathedral of Bordeaux.
Vehicle
In his company he made the vehicles. 1878 designed Amédée the model Mancelle, of which 50 copies were built, why Mancelle is also considered as the first production car. An original copy is in the Musée de l'Automobile de la Sarthe in Le Mans.