Ménier

Ménier, ÉMILE JUSTIN, French manufacturer and writer, was born at Paris on 18th May 1826, and died at Noisiel-sur-Marne, 17th February 1881. He established at Noisiel the celebrated chocolate factory, with a branch in London, chemical works at St Denis, and a sugar manufactory at Roye, besides a caoutchouc factory, and in Nicaragua a cocoa plantation. A warm advocate of free trade, he expounded his views in Economic Rurale (1875), L'Avenir Économique (2 vols. 1875-79), &c.