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Adolphe Alphand

1817 - 1891

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Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl adɔlf alfɑ̃]; 26 October 1817 – 6 December 1891) was a French engineer of the Corps of Bridges and Roads. As a close associate of Baron Haussmann and later as Director of Public Works at Paris City Hall from 1871, he was instrumental in the large-scale renovation of Paris in the second half of the 19th century. In 1889, Alphand was elevated to the rank of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolphe Alphand has received more than 29,354 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Adolphe Alphand is the 154th most popular engineer (up from 195th in 2019), the 2,834th most popular biography from France (up from 3,246th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Adolphe Alphand ranks 154 out of 389. Before him are Joseph Strauss, Georgy Babakin, William Playfair, Mikhail Yangel, Alexei Tupolev, and Mstislav Keldysh. After him are Léon Charles Thévenin, Henryk Dembiński, Gérard Larrousse, Philippe LeBon, Anton Flettner, and Hanns Hörbiger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Adolphe Alphand ranks 39. Before him are Nikolay Kostomarov, Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, Bernhard Windscheid, Nikoloz Baratashvili, and Karl Vogt. After him are Georg Herwegh, George Frederic Watts, Alfred Józef Potocki, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Heinrich Graetz, and Wilhelm Griesinger. Among people deceased in 1891, Adolphe Alphand ranks 58. Before him are Friedrich von Schmidt, José Manuel Balmaceda, Hannibal Hamlin, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, and Konstantin Leontiev. After him are John A. Macdonald, Ion C. Brătianu, Sanjō Sanetomi, Miklós Ybl, Charles Joshua Chaplin, and Heinrich Graetz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adolphe Alphand ranks 2,834 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Laniel (1889), Marie of Lorraine (1674), Michel Constantin (1924), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Jules Jamin (1818), and Mélanie Laurent (1983). After him are Léon Flameng (1877), Musidora (1889), Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (1715), Édouard André (1840), Patrick Demarchelier (1943), and Claude Autant-Lara (1901).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Adolphe Alphand ranks 19. Before him are François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Alexandre Darracq (1855), Georges Leclanché (1836), Pierre Berthier (1782), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), and Gabriel Voisin (1880). After him are Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Gérard Larrousse (1940), Philippe LeBon (1767), Marc Seguin (1786), Antoine de Chézy (1718), and Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609).

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