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Menno van Coehoorn

1641 - 1704

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Menno, Baron van Coehoorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛnoː vɑŋ ˈkuɦoːr(ə)n]; March 1641 – 17 March 1704) was a Dutch States Army officer and engineer, regarded as one of the most significant figures in Dutch military history. In an era when siege warfare dominated military campaigns, he and his French counterpart Vauban were the acknowledged experts in designing, taking and defending fortifications. Both had their advocates; Vauban's maxim of 'more powder, less blood' also took longer, an important consideration when most military deaths occurred from disease. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Menno van Coehoorn has received more than 112,261 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Menno van Coehoorn is the 167th most popular engineer (down from 149th in 2019), the 452nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 384th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Menno van Coehoorn ranks 167 out of 389. Before him are Marc Seguin, John Loudon McAdam, John Smeaton, Antoine de Chézy, Sherif Ismail, and Vitaly Abalakov. After him are John Hughes, Alexander Mozhaysky, Riccardo Morandi, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Louis Charles Breguet, and Hellmuth Walter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1641, Menno van Coehoorn ranks 11. Before him are Regnier de Graaf, Titus van Rijn, Nehemiah Grew, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, and Nicolaes Witsen. After him are Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Dositheus II of Jerusalem, and Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland. Among people deceased in 1704, Menno van Coehoorn ranks 16. Before him are Isabella Leonarda, Selim I Giray, Charles Plumier, Francesco Provenzale, John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen, and Agnes Block. After him are Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Lorenzo Gafà, Louis Bourdaloue, John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, and Louis Hennepin.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Menno van Coehoorn ranks 452 out of 1,646. Before him are Dirk I, Count of Holland (875), Johannes Kleiman (1896), Nicolaes Witsen (1641), Gerard Philips (1858), Princess Marie of the Netherlands (1841), and Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734). After him are Jan Luyken (1649), Eduard van Beinum (1900), Frans Brüggen (1934), Rie Mastenbroek (1919), Salomon de Bray (1597), and Gijs van Lennep (1942).

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Among ENGINEERS In Netherlands

Among engineers born in Netherlands, Menno van Coehoorn ranks 1. 

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