Bryson Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Does anyone (I've seen a Le Maitre person on the board before) know why Le Maitre are called that? It's just that I'm reading a book on Science at the mo (A Short History Of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson) and it mentions that the first person to suggest the Big Bang theory was a Abbe Georges Lemaitre. Apparently he called it the "Fireworks" theory. Just thought it would be great if they were named after an obscure Belgian Priest/Cosmologist. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincoln Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Whilst I am not an employee of Le Maitre, I can confirm that the directors of Le Maitre are "aware" of the facts that you have posted and the actual reason that they are called Le Maitre is because they originally set up and traded from space rented to them within a woodworking factory in Croydon, Surrey, that was called Le Maitre. They initially traded as "Le Maitre Lighting and Effects" Hope that helps Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 My slightly unsubstantiated theory (i.e. Guess) is that it's a cunning ploy to sound all cool and foreign.I just checked Alta Vista's Babel Fish translatorBabel Fishand the english translation of Le Maitre is The Master they being the masters of pyrotechnics (plus having a beardy masterly looking bloke as their logo) works for me! B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryson Posted June 29, 2003 Author Share Posted June 29, 2003 Shame. I thought it would be a marvellous thing to get the name from... :( Just a really really odd conicidence then....I can work with that :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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