INVENTOR

Zénobe Gramme

1826 - 1901

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Zénobe Théophile Gramme (French pronunciation: [zenɔb teɔfil ɡʁam]; 4 April 1826 – 20 January 1901) was a Belgian electrical engineer. He was born at Jehay-Bodegnée on 4 April 1826, the sixth child of Mathieu-Joseph Gramme, and died at Bois-Colombes on 20 January 1901. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zénobe Gramme has received more than 93,915 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Zénobe Gramme is the 135th most popular inventor (down from 123rd in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 164th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Inventor.

Zénobe Gramme is most famous for his invention of the Gramme machine. This machine is a generator that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

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  • 58.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Zénobe Gramme has had the most page views in the with 16,309 views, followed by English (9,437), and German (4,952). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (120.27%), Malagasy (66.67%), and Swedish (52.74%)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Zénobe Gramme ranks 135 out of 426. Before him are Robert Adler, Elisha Gray, Richard Jordan Gatling, Gunther von Hagens, W. O. Bentley, and Robert Moog. After him are Paul Baran, Paul Otlet, Robert Cailliau, John Ericsson, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, and Georg Luger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Zénobe Gramme ranks 15. Before him are Frederic Edwin Church, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, Alexander Afanasyev, Armand David, and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. After him are Adolf Bastian, George B. McClellan, Karl von Piloty, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Henri Mouhot. Among people deceased in 1901, Zénobe Gramme ranks 22. Before him are Gaetano Bresci, Elisha Gray, Francesco Crispi, Josef Rheinberger, Adolf Eugen Fick, and Paul Rée. After him are Nikolaos Gyzis, George Francis FitzGerald, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Francesc Pi i Margall, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Iosif Gurko.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Zénobe Gramme ranks 187 out of 1,190. Before him are Georges Rodenbach (1855), Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870), Adrien de Gerlache (1866), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), and Pierre Alechinsky (1927). After him are Wilfried Martens (1936), Jacob van Artevelde (1290), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Paul Otlet (1868), Eden Hazard (1991), and Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919).

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Among INVENTORS In Belgium

Among inventors born in Belgium, Zénobe Gramme ranks 4. Before him are Adolphe Sax (1814), Étienne Lenoir (1822), and Jacques Piccard (1922). After him are Paul Otlet (1868), Robert Cailliau (1947), and George Washington (1871).

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