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Ernest Goüin

1815 - 1885

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Ernest Goüin (French pronunciation: [go.ɥɛ̃]; 22 July 1815 in Tours – 24 March 1885 in Paris) was a French civil engineer and industrialist. In 1846 he founded Ernest Goüin & Cie. (after 1871 Société de Construction des Batignolles); the company initially built locomotives, and diversified into bridge building and railway construction projects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Goüin has received more than 23,822 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Goüin is the 265th most popular engineer (down from 243rd in 2019), the 4,183rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,840th in 2019) and the 49th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Ernest Goüin ranks 265 out of 389. Before him are William Froude, Gioacchino Colombo, Butler Lampson, Markus Reiner, Eugene Polley, and Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev. After him are Sergey Chaplygin, Mikhail Simonov, Boris Chertok, Verghese Kurien, Marcel Deprez, and Hendrik Wade Bode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Ernest Goüin ranks 67. Before him are Halfdan Kjerulf, James Legge, Daniel Bashiel Warner, Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, Karl von Blaas, and Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie. After him are Marguerite Bays, Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Robert Franz, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, John McDouall Stuart, and Warren De la Rue. Among people deceased in 1885, Ernest Goüin ranks 63. Before him are Prince August of Württemberg, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Ludvig Norman, Justo Rufino Barrios, and William Thoms. After him are Ernst Falkbeer, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, C. A. Rosetti, Andrea Maffei, Wilhelm Camphausen, and Irvin McDowell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ernest Goüin ranks 4,183 out of 6,770. Before him are Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765), Jean, Count of Paris (1965), Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (1947), Abel de Pujol (1785), François Bracci (1951), and Louis Garrel (1983). After him are Alexandre Lacazette (1991), Edmond Laguerre (1834), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (1953), Odilon Barrot (1791), Pierre Raymond de Montmort (1678), and Jacques Martin (1921).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Ernest Goüin ranks 49. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont (1798), Marc Isambard Brunel (1769), René Panhard (1841), Eugène Flachat (1802), Louis Vicat (1786), and Jean-Augustin Barral (1819). After him are Marcel Deprez (1843), Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852), Louis Pouzin (1931), Pierre-François Bouchard (1771), Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881), and Charles Combes (1801).

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