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Franz Reuleaux

1829 - 1905

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Franz Reuleaux (French: [ʁœlo]; German: [ʁøˈloː]; 30 September 1829 – 20 August 1905) was a German mechanical engineer and a lecturer at Technische Hochschule Berlin (today Technische Universität Berlin), later appointed as the president of the academy. He was often called the father of kinematics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Reuleaux has received more than 83,064 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Franz Reuleaux is the 142nd most popular engineer (down from 122nd in 2019), the 2,602nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,187th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Franz Reuleaux ranks 142 out of 389. Before him are Johan August Brinell, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Pierre Berthier, Gustave Whitehead, Pierre-Émile Martin, and Gabriel Voisin. After him are Li Kui, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Kerim Kerimov, Alec Issigonis, Yahya Ayyash, and Joseph Strauss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Franz Reuleaux ranks 32. Before him are Maurice Joly, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Ludvig Lorenz, Joaquin Murrieta, Robert Nobel, and Elwin Bruno Christoffel. After him are Allan Octavian Hume, Konrad Duden, Jean-Jacques Henner, Moritz Cantor, Ignacio Zaragoza, and Laura Bridgman. Among people deceased in 1905, Franz Reuleaux ranks 38. Before him are George MacDonald, Meyer Guggenheim, Lew Wallace, José-Maria de Heredia, Pedro Américo, and Mary Mapes Dodge. After him are Clément Juglar, Tippu Tip, Infanta Amalia of Spain, Josip Belušić, Jean-Jacques Henner, and Amalie Skram.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Reuleaux ranks 2,602 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1489), Walter Krüger (1892), Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (1269), Ivica Račan (1944), Toni Turek (1919), and Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (1773). After him are Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1560), Gottschalk of Orbais (805), Fritz Wepper (1941), Erich Ribbeck (1937), Master Francke (1380), and Rolf Hochhuth (1931).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Franz Reuleaux ranks 19. Before him are John A. Roebling (1806), Alexander Lippisch (1894), Claude Dornier (1884), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), Erich Topp (1914), and Gustave Whitehead (1874). After him are Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935), Anton Flettner (1885), Hellmuth Walter (1900), Hugo Eckener (1868), Franz Grashof (1826), and Walter Hohmann (1880).

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