Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (born 1809)

Georges-Eugène Haussmann

French official who renovated Paris (1809–1891)

Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann, was a French official who served as prefect of Seine (1853–1870), chosen by Emperor Napoleon III to carry out a massive urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks and public works in Paris commonly referred to as…