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Charles Cros

1842 - 1888

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Charles Cros or Émile-Hortensius-Charles Cros (1 October 1842 – 9 August 1888) was a French poet and inventor. He was born in Fabrezan, Aude. Cros was a well-regarded poet and humorous writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Cros has received more than 112,412 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Cros is the 173rd most popular inventor (down from 166th in 2019), the 2,193rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,115th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Inventor.

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  • 110k

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  • 56.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Charles Cros ranks 173 out of 426. Before him are Édouard Branly, Elihu Thomson, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, Guillaume Amontons, Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, and Reginald Fessenden. After him are Matthew Boulton, Friedrich Zander, Joseph Monier, Philo Farnsworth, Henrich Focke, and James Dyson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Charles Cros ranks 41. Before him are Ōyama Iwao, Nikolaos Gyzis, Georg Ritter von Schönerer, Hugo Schuchardt, Osman Hamdi Bey, and Alexandre Ribot. After him are Catherine Eddowes, Maria Konopnicka, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, François Coppée, Rikard Nordraak, and José-Maria de Heredia. Among people deceased in 1888, Charles Cros ranks 32. Before him are Namık Kemal, Ludvig Nobel, Elizabeth Stride, Edward Lear, Jean-Marie Guyau, and Princess Helena of Nassau. After him are Catherine Eddowes, Vsevolod Garshin, Henri Herz, Eugène Marin Labiche, Dora d'Istria, and Josif Pančić.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Cros ranks 2,193 out of 6,770. Before him are Hervé (1825), Éric Zemmour (1958), Guillaume Dupuytren (1777), Sami Frey (1937), Pierre Gringore (1475), and Léon Cogniet (1794). After him are Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), Pierre Nora (1931), Marina Ginestà (1919), Avitus of Vienne (450), Maria of Navarre (1326), and Bernadette Lafont (1938).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Charles Cros ranks 25. Before him are André Michelin (1853), Henri Giffard (1825), Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817), Édouard Branly (1844), and Guillaume Amontons (1663). After him are Joseph Monier (1823), Georges Claude (1870), Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), Émile Baudot (1845), Georges Hébert (1875), and Léon Gaumont (1864).

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