Marguerite Massart | |
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Born | 19 September 1900 Brussels, Belgium |
Died | 25 February 1979 Ghent, Belgium | (aged 78)
Occupation | Engineer |
Spouse | Gustave Vynckier |
Marguerite Massart (1900–1979) was the first woman to graduate as an engineer in Belgium. She set up a successful foundry business in Ghent and later introduced a desalinisation project and early solar panels in the first hotel on Sal Island in Cape Verde.