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Georges Leclanché

1836 - 1882

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Georges Leclanché (9 October 1839 – 14 September 1882) was a French electrical engineer chiefly remembered for his invention of the Leclanché cell, one of the first modern electrical batteries and the forerunner of the modern dry cell battery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Leclanché has received more than 73,390 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Georges Leclanché is the 126th most popular engineer (up from 152nd in 2019), the 2,497th most popular biography from France (up from 2,755th in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Georges Leclanché ranks 126 out of 389. Before him are Alexander Lippisch, Claude Dornier, Herman Potočnik, Eduard Totleben, Erik Dahlbergh, and Christian Otto Mohr. After him are Hidesaburō Ueno, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Borys Paton, Erich Topp, Rory Byrne, and Aurel Vlaicu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Georges Leclanché ranks 32. Before him are Theodor Nöldeke, Ronglu, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Thomas Hill Green, Franz von Lenbach, and Pauline von Metternich. After him are Ding Ruchang, Jan Gotlib Bloch, Antônio Carlos Gomes, Matsudaira Katamori, Winslow Homer, and Piet Cronjé. Among people deceased in 1882, Georges Leclanché ranks 38. Before him are Estanislao Figueras, Jørgen Moe, Thomas Hill Green, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, János Arany, and John Nelson Darby. After him are Berthold Auerbach, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, Charles J. Guiteau, Friedrich von Lütke, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and François-Auguste Biard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Leclanché ranks 2,497 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Feuillade (1873), Guibert of Nogent (1055), Maurice de Sully (1110), Pierre Clastres (1934), Richard Bohringer (1942), and Bertrand Blier (1939). After him are Magnus Felix Ennodius (473), Louis de Beaufront (1855), Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779), Thomas, Count of Flanders (1199), Adolphe Marbot (1781), and Edgar Quinet (1803).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Georges Leclanché ranks 15. Before him are Marcel Renault (1872), Henri Farman (1874), André Courrèges (1923), Henry Darcy (1803), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), and Alexandre Darracq (1855). After him are Pierre Berthier (1782), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Gabriel Voisin (1880), Adolphe Alphand (1817), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), and Gérard Larrousse (1940).

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