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Étienne-Jules Marey

1830 - 1904

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Étienne-Jules Marey (French: [etjɛn ʒyl maʁɛ]; 5 March 1830, Beaune, Côte-d'Or – 15 May 1904, Paris) was a French scientist, physiologist and chronophotographer. His work was significant in the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, aviation, cinematography and the science of laboratory photography. He is widely considered to be a pioneer of photography and an influential pioneer of the history of cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne-Jules Marey has received more than 325,619 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Étienne-Jules Marey is the 92nd most popular inventor, the 1,089th most popular biography from France (down from 1,035th in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Inventor.

Étienne-Jules Marey is most famous for his work in the field of human and animal locomotion. He is credited with the invention of the chronophotographic gun, which he used to study the movements of animals and humans.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 92 out of 426. Before him are Vladimir K. Zworykin, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Mary the Jewess, William Webb Ellis, Wolfgang von Kempelen, and Henri Coandă. After him are André-Jacques Garnerin, Daniel Swarovski, Elisha Otis, Franz Reichelt, Alphonse Bertillon, and Johann Maria Farina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 16. Before him are Porfirio Díaz, Isma'il Pasha, Julius Lothar Meyer, Eadweard Muybridge, Hans von Bülow, and Louise Michel. After him are Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Élisée Reclus, Jules de Goncourt, Albert Bierstadt, Samori Ture, and Frederic Leighton. Among people deceased in 1904, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 20. Before him are Henri Fantin-Latour, Vasily Vereshchagin, George, King of Saxony, Stepan Makarov, Paul Kruger, and Lafcadio Hearn. After him are Mathilde Bonaparte, Émile Gallé, Norodom of Cambodia, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Sami Frashëri, and Alfred von Waldersee.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 1,089 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Abel Gance (1889), Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952), Adelaide of Aquitaine (950), Marion Cotillard (1975), and Jean-Claude Trichet (1942). After him are George Steiner (1929), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Jean de Dunois (1402), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Claude Joseph Vernet (1714), and Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 13. Before him are Nicolas Appert (1749), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), Louis Renault (1877), Louis Blériot (1872), Claude Chappe (1763), and Jacques de Vaucanson (1709). After him are André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Alphonse Bertillon (1853), Louis Le Prince (1841), Clément Ader (1841), Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844), and André Michelin (1853).

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