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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 47,584 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Agustín de Betancourt is the 211th most popular engineer (down from 183rd in 2019), the 1,129th most popular biography from Spain (down from 988th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Engineer.

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  • 48k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Agustín de Betancourt has had the most page views in the with 37,420 views, followed by Spanish (15,680), and English (5,701). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (121.74%), Armenian (98.53%), and Arabic (16.70%)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Agustín de Betancourt ranks 211 out of 389. Before him are Alexey Sudayev, Arthur Morin, Nikolay Makarov, Semyon Lavochkin, Benoît Fourneyron, and François Hennebique. After him are Émile Lemoine, Louis Dollo, Yuri Artsutanov, André Waterkeyn, W. Ross Ashby, and Charles F. Brush.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1758, Agustín de Betancourt ranks 27. Before him are Ryōkan, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Jean Joseph Mounier, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. After him are Valentin Vodnik, Peter Andreas Heiberg, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, John Hoppner, John Armstrong Jr., and Thomas Picton. Among people deceased in 1824, Agustín de Betancourt ranks 28. Before him are Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Charles Maturin, Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais, and Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. After him are Blasius Merrem, Fyodor Alekseyev, David Bushnell, Hans Nielsen Hauge, André Thouin, and François Levaillant.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Agustín de Betancourt ranks 1,129 out of 3,355. Before him are Paco Ibáñez (1934), Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (1936), Josep Tarradellas (1899), José Iraragorri (1912), Yusuf III of Granada (1376), and Manny Charlton (1941). After him are Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1833), Jesús María Satrústegui (1954), Feliciano Rivilla (1936), Sancho Gracia (1936), Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1933), and Soledad Miranda (1943).

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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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