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Étienne-Jules Marey

1830 - 1904

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Étienne-Jules Marey (French: [etjɛn ʒyl maʁɛ]; 5 March 1830, Beaune, Côte-d'Or – 15 May 1904, Paris) was a French scientist, physiologist and chronophotographer. His work was significant in the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, aviation, cinematography and the science of laboratory photography. He is widely considered to be a pioneer of photography and an influential pioneer of the history of cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne-Jules Marey has received more than 311,546 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Étienne-Jules Marey is the 92nd most popular inventor (down from 82nd in 2019), the 1,038th most popular biography from France (down from 927th in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Inventor.

Étienne-Jules Marey is most famous for his work in the field of human and animal locomotion. He is credited with the invention of the chronophotographic gun, which he used to study the movements of animals and humans.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.17

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 92 out of 354. Before him are Alois Senefelder, John Harrison, Alphonse Bertillon, Cornelis Drebbel, Daniel Swarovski, and Abraham-Louis Breguet. After him are Elisha Otis, Leo Fender, Johann Maria Farina, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Bob Kahn, and Charles-Émile Reynaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 16. Before him are Julius Lothar Meyer, Porfirio Díaz, Eadweard Muybridge, Isma'il Pasha, Hans von Bülow, and Louise Michel. After him are Élisée Reclus, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Frederic Leighton, Ōkubo Toshimichi, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, and Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges. Among people deceased in 1904, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 19. Before him are Abai Qunanbaiuly, George, King of Saxony, Henri Fantin-Latour, Paul Kruger, Lafcadio Hearn, and Émile Gallé. After him are Stepan Makarov, Vasily Vereshchagin, Alfred von Waldersee, Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Norodom of Cambodia, and Eduard Hanslick.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 1,038 out of 6,011. Before him are Lili Boulanger (1893), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Émile Gallé (1846), Robert de Sorbon (1201), Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800), and Eugène Scribe (1791). After him are Séraphine Louis (1864), Christian Clavier (1952), Louise Bourgeois (1911), Jean Vigo (1905), Jacques Clément (1567), and Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (1346).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 15. Before him are Louis Blériot (1872), Louis Renault (1877), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Claude Chappe (1763), and Alphonse Bertillon (1853). After him are Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844), André Michelin (1853), Clément Ader (1841), Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Henri Giffard (1825), and Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817).

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