Alexandre Louis Maurice Dior (7 February 1872 – 9 December 1946) was a French business magnate, and the father of fashion designer Christian Dior and French Resistance member Catherine Dior.
Early life
Maurice Dior was born in Normandy and came from a family of industrialists who were former farmers from Savigny-le-Vieux, on the border between the Calvados and Manche departments.[1]
Together with his cousin Lucien Dior, a future member of parliament and minister, he took over the management of a chemical company specializing in fertilizer, founded in 1832 by Louis-Jean Dior.[1] It was situated in Saint-Nicolas,[2] not far from Granville.
In 1898, at the age of 26, he married nineteen-year-old