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Louismile Bertin was a French naval engineer, one of the foremost of his time, and a proponent of the Jeune cole philosophy of using light, but powerfully armed warships instead of large battleships.
Bertin was born in Nancy, France onMarch 1840. He entered the Paris cole polytechnique in 1858. At exiting the school, he chose the field of Naval Engineering . His role model was Henri Dupuy de Lme, who had designed the first ironclad warship in France. Bertin came to be known for his innovative designs, often at odds with conventional wisdom, and won international recognition as a leading naval architect. In 1871, he also became a doctor of laws, showing great versatility of talents.
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