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Philippe LeBon

1767 - 1804

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Philippe le Bon (or Lebon) (D'Humbersin) (French pronunciation: [filip ləbɔ̃]; May 29, 1767 – December 1, 1804) was a French engineer, born in Brachay, France. There is much confusion about his life and accomplishments. His main contributions were improvements to steam engines and industrializing the extraction of lighting gas from wood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe LeBon has received more than 15,172 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe LeBon is the 158th most popular engineer (down from 141st in 2019), the 2,944th most popular biography from France (down from 2,631st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Engineer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Philippe LeBon ranks 158 out of 389. Before him are Alexei Tupolev, Mstislav Keldysh, Adolphe Alphand, Léon Charles Thévenin, Henryk Dembiński, and Gérard Larrousse. After him are Anton Flettner, Hanns Hörbiger, Marc Seguin, John Loudon McAdam, John Smeaton, and Antoine de Chézy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Philippe LeBon ranks 32. Before him are Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Jacques Laffitte, Alexis Bouvard, Platon Zubov, Jacques-Laurent Agasse, and John Adams. After him are Takizawa Bakin, Tyagaraja, Black Hawk, Anouvong, Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, and Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux. Among people deceased in 1804, Philippe LeBon ranks 25. Before him are 8th Dalai Lama, Martin Vahl, Georges Cadoudal, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Aagje Deken, and Carlo Allioni. After him are Antonio José Cavanilles, Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer, Sultan bin Ahmad, Paul Kray, Betje Wolff, and Henrik Gabriel Porthan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe LeBon ranks 2,944 out of 6,770. Before him are Michel Corrette (1707), Amaury de Montfort (1192), André Vingt-Trois (1942), Jean-Pierre Marielle (1932), Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1730), and Nicolas Gombert (1495). After him are Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1746), Oscar Cullmann (1902), Maurice Rouvier (1842), Émile Combes (1835), Max Gallo (1932), and Audomar (600).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Philippe LeBon ranks 22. Before him are Pierre Berthier (1782), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Gabriel Voisin (1880), Adolphe Alphand (1817), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), and Gérard Larrousse (1940). After him are Marc Seguin (1786), Antoine de Chézy (1718), Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609), Louis Charles Breguet (1880), Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (1822), and Michel Chevalier (1806).

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