Lucien Bize
Lucien Bize was an engineer who studied at the renowned École Centrale Paris. In 1904, he designed and patented L’Omnium, a compact pocket stereoscope.
From 1905, Bize collaborated with Siméon Louis Claparède. Together, they patented a design for an innovative multi-view stereoscope that stood out for its simplicity. This stereoscope was named Le Minimus and could display multiple glass stereoviews in succession without the use of a complex mechanism.
Bize sold his company to Robert Pleyau in 1913. Pleyau introduced L’Astra the same year, which was based on Bize’s last patent.
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