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Agustín de Betancourt

1758 - 1824

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Agustín de Betancourt y Molina (Russian: Августин Августинович де Бетанкур, tr. Avgustin Avgustinovich de Betankur; French: Augustin Bétancourt; 1 February 1758 – 24 July 1824) was a prominent Spanish engineer, who worked in Spain, France and Russia. His work ranged from steam engines and balloons to structural engineering and urban planning. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agustín de Betancourt has received more than 48,157 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Agustín de Betancourt is the 185th most popular engineer, the 989th most popular biography from Spain (down from 933rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Engineer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Agustín de Betancourt ranks 185 out of 323. Before him are Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Walter Hohmann, Michel Chevalier, Gotthilf Hagen, Vladimir Petlyakov, and Louis Dollo. After him are Joseph Strauss, Nikolay Kamov, Gene Kranz, Jon Postel, William Playfair, and W. Ross Ashby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1758, Agustín de Betancourt ranks 23. Before him are Carle Vernet, Sin Yun-bok, 8th Dalai Lama, Noah Webster, Ryōkan, and Duke Eugen of Württemberg. After him are Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Jean Joseph Mounier, Peter Andreas Heiberg, Valentin Vodnik, and John Hoppner. Among people deceased in 1824, Agustín de Betancourt ranks 26. Before him are Joseph Joubert, Charles Maturin, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais, Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Ercole Consalvi. After him are David Bushnell, Fyodor Alekseyev, Hans Nielsen Hauge, François Levaillant, Lachlan Macquarie, and Blasius Merrem.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Agustín de Betancourt ranks 989 out of 2,932. Before him are Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450), Jorge Guillén (1893), Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), Antonio María Rouco Varela (1936), Paco Ibáñez (1934), and Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569). After him are Ángel María Villar (1950), Lluís Martínez Sistach (1937), Gaizka Mendieta (1974), Gaspar de Borja y Velasco (1580), Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1933), and Artur Mas (1956).

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Among ENGINEERS In Spain

Among engineers born in Spain, Agustín de Betancourt ranks 4. Before him are José Echegaray (1832), Ildefons Cerdà (1815), and Álvaro del Portillo (1914).

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