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Charles Combes

1801 - 1872

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Charles Pierre Mathieu Combes (26 December 1801 – 11 January 1872) was a French engineer. He was Inspector-General of Mines and the Director of the School of Mines in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Combes has received more than 16,464 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Combes is the 309th most popular engineer, the 4,660th most popular biography from France and the 55th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Charles Combes ranks 309 out of 389Before him are Arthur E. Kennelly, Sam Eyde, Guenther Steiner, Isaac Roberts, Marina Popovich, and Ron Tauranac. After him are John R. Pierce, Othmar Ammann, Christopher Cockerell, Jesse Ramsden, Robert Mallet, and Louis Armand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Charles Combes ranks 76Before him are Édouard Spach, Edward William Lane, Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, Zecharias Frankel, Georgios Koletis, and Maria Röhl. After him are Jules Pierre Rambur, George Perkins Marsh, Robert J. Walker, Wilhem de Haan, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, and Albert Auguste Perdonnet. Among people deceased in 1872, Charles Combes ranks 66Before him are Bedros Tourian, Richard S. Ewell, William Davies Evans, Edwin Atherstone, Nikolay Milyutin, and Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo. After him are Agustín Morales, Thomas Sully, Robert Wight, José Burgos, Edward James Roye, and Thomas C. Jerdon.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Combes ranks 4,660 out of 6,770Before him are Gaston Bonnier (1853), Jacques Jasmin (1798), André Gaudin (1874), Charles Berling (1958), Henri Bouckaert (1870), and Karin Viard (1966). After him are Joseph Bonnel (1939), Augustin Chantrel (1906), Colin Clive (1900), Caroline Cellier (1945), Laurent Jalabert (1968), and Jules Pierre Rambur (1801).

Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Charles Combes ranks 55Before him are Ernest Goüin (1815), Marcel Deprez (1843), Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852), Louis Pouzin (1931), Pierre-François Bouchard (1771), and Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881). After him are Louis Armand (1905), Marc René, marquis de Montalembert (1714), Albert Auguste Perdonnet (1801), Octave Chanute (1832), Charles Joseph Minard (1781), and Julien Simon-Chautemps (1978).