Ignace Dubus-Bonnel, (born in Lille, France) was a Parisian craftsman, who most notably was the first to get a patent for a method of creating and weaving glass threads, the predecessor of fiberglass, in 1836.
Pierre-Ignace Aubert de Gaspé | Johnny Bonnel | Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry | Andre Dubus III | St. Ignace Mission | St. Ignace | Nicolas-Ignace de Beaubois | Joseph-Ignace Guillotin | Ignace Nau | Ignace Gelb | Ignace | Henri de Saint-Ignace | Eric Dubus |
Following their marriage, Bonnel went to France with her husband, who had a distinguished career in the French Navy, rising to be chief of the maritime health service (chef du service santé des gens de mer) in 1969-72 and an internationally recognized biologist associated with the World Health Organization.
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After discovering a love for history in Texas, Bonnel went to the Université de Genève, Switzerland, while her husband was serving at the headquarters of the World Health Organization from 1951.