1740 - 1799
Horace Bénédict de Saussure (French pronunciation: [ɔʁas benedikt də sosyʁ]; 17 February 1740 – 22 January 1799) was a Genevan geologist, meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer and Alpine explorer, often called the founder of alpinism and modern meteorology, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horace Bénédict de Saussure has received more than 77,786 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Horace Bénédict de Saussure is the 8th most popular mountaineer (down from 6th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 90th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Mountaineer.
In the late 1700s, Horace Bénédict de Saussure used a thermometer to measure the temperature of the air and water in the Swiss Alps. He also used a barometer to measure the air pressure and discovered that when the barometer is high, the temperature is low.
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Among mountaineers, Horace Bénédict de Saussure ranks 8 out of 45. Before him are Reinhold Messner, Tenzing Norgay, Heinrich Harrer, George Mallory, Jerzy Kukuczka, and Junko Tabei. After him are Hermann Buhl, Edward Whymper, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Green Boots, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, and Jacques Balmat.
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 2
1914 - 1986
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 3
1912 - 2006
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 4
1886 - 1924
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 5
1948 - 1989
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 6
1939 - 2016
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 7
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 8
1924 - 1957
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 9
1840 - 1911
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 10
1943 - 1992
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 11
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 12
1873 - 1933
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 13
1762 - 1834
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 14
Among people born in 1740, Horace Bénédict de Saussure ranks 7. Before him are Marquis de Sade, Ivan VI of Russia, Giovanni Paisiello, Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Isabelle de Charrière, and Jeanne Baret. After him are Carl Michael Bellman, Johann Jacob Schweppe, Giambattista Bodoni, Johann van Beethoven, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, and Louis-Sébastien Mercier. Among people deceased in 1799, Horace Bénédict de Saussure ranks 12. Before him are Tipu Sultan, Joseph Black, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Heshen, and Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. After him are Victoire of France, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, and Barthélemy Catherine Joubert.
1740 - 1814
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 1
1740 - 1764
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 2
1740 - 1816
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 3
1740 - 1813
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 4
1740 - 1805
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 5
1740 - 1807
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 6
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 7
1740 - 1795
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 8
1740 - 1821
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 9
1740 - 1813
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 10
1740 - 1792
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 11
1740 - 1789
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 12
1740 - 1814
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 13
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 6
1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 7
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 8
1742 - 1799
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 9
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 10
1724 - 1799
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 11
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 12
1733 - 1799
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 13
1728 - 1799
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 14
1739 - 1799
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 15
1730 - 1799
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 16
1733 - 1799
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 17
1769 - 1799
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 18
Among people born in Switzerland, Horace Bénédict de Saussure ranks 97 out of 876. Before him are Albrecht von Haller (1708), Alfred Cortot (1877), Jakob Steiner (1796), Bernardino Luini (1475), Louis Chevrolet (1878), and Gianni Infantino (1970). After him are Jost Bürgi (1552), Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821), Nicholas of Flüe (1417), Hannes Meyer (1889), Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778), and Germain Henri Hess (1802).
1708 - 1777
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 91
1877 - 1962
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 92
1796 - 1863
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 93
1475 - 1532
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 94
1878 - 1941
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 95
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 96
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 97
1552 - 1632
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 98
1821 - 1881
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 99
1417 - 1487
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 100
1889 - 1954
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 101
1778 - 1841
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 102
1802 - 1850
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 103
Among mountaineers born in Switzerland, Horace Bénédict de Saussure ranks 1. After him are Matthias Zurbriggen (1856), Erhard Loretan (1959), and Ueli Steck (1976).
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 1
1856 - 1917
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 2
1959 - 2011
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 3
1976 - 2017
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 4