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Must be Jules Védrines (1881-1919), some biographic information here and here. I don't see a Wikipedia article.

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Védrines

This picture can be eactly dated: September 9, 1912. Jules Vedrines - the French flyer - turns here one of the pylons in the James Gordon Bennett Cup Race held in Chicago. Vedrines flew the Deperdussin Monocoque racer (1912 model) with a Gnome 14-cylinder rotary engine rated at 140 - 160 hp. Competition was minimal, only two other machine were flying (a Hanriot monoplane) flown by Andre Frey and another Deperdussin monoplane (with a lower powered engine) was flown by Prévost. Prévost finished and became second, Frey got engine trouble and did not reach the finish. Vedrines beat during the race the world speed record, setting the world speed record for 20 km (12.4 miles) covering the distance in 6 min. 56 sec. at a speed of 107 mph. Source: Reed Kinert. Racing planes and air races. Volume 1

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trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163662889/16780823 - this pic appeared in the Sydney Mail on 4th September, 1907 in a pictorial on the Dorrigo district...see pic titled 'Dorrigo township'...mid top row... Some of the other Dorrigo pics that appeared in this issue of the Sydney Mail are also in the PHM's collection, and they're also on the PHM's Flickr photostream...they come up if you click on the 'Sydney Mail, 4th September, 1907' tag I've added...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163662868/16780821# - this pic appeared in the Sydney Mail on 4th September, 1907 in a pictorial on the Dorrigo district...see pic on 4th page of link titled 'A Farm of 124 Acres for which in its improved state £2200 was refused'... Some of the other Dorrigo pics that appeared in this issue of the Sydney Mail are also in the PHM's collection, and they're also on the PHM's Flickr photostream...they come up if you click on the 'Sydney Mail, 4th September, 1907' tag I've added...