Jules Richard

Richard's father Félix Richard was an instrument maker in Paris; his uncle was the electrical instrument maker Paul-Gustave Froment. After training in his father's workshop, he worked outside the family company in the 1870s, manufacturing telegraphy equipment. Following his father's death in 1876, he returned to the family business in 1877, working in partnership with his younger brother Max starting in 1882. During the 1880s they built a reputation for manufacturing scientific barometers, and other environmental recording devices such as anemometers, pyrometers, aneroid barographs and dynamometers. Until 1891 when they split up, they were known as the Richard Frères; the 'RF' monogram persisted as the company's symbol. From 1893 the company produced stereoscopic cameras. After 1891 the company was named Jules Richard.