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Adolphe Alphand

1817 - 1891

Adolphe Alphand

Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl adɔlf alfɑ̃]; 26 October 1817 – 6 December 1891) was a French engineer of the Corps of Bridges and Roads. As a close associate of Baron Haussmann and later as Director of Public Works at Paris City Hall from 1871, he was instrumental in the large-scale renovation of Paris in the second half of the 19th century. In 1889, Alphand was elevated to the rank of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. In 1891, shortly before his death, he succeeded Haussmann as a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolphe Alphand is the 201st most popular engineer (down from 154th in 2019), the 3,525th most popular biography from France (down from 2,835th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Engineer.

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Among engineers, Adolphe Alphand ranks 201 out of 389. Before him are Sergei Tumansky, Philippe LeBon, Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, Alexander Lodygin, François Hennebique, and Vasily Mishin. After him are Eugene Stoner, Arthur Morin, Evgeny Paton, Franz Grashof, William Playfair, and Emily Warren Roebling.

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Sergei Tumansky
1901 - 1973
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 195
Philippe LeBon
1767 - 1804
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 196
Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont
1798 - 1874
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 197
Alexander Lodygin
1847 - 1923
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 198
François Hennebique
1842 - 1921
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 199
Vasily Mishin
1917 - 2001
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 200
Adolphe Alphand
1817 - 1891
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 201
Eugene Stoner
1922 - 1997
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 202
Arthur Morin
1795 - 1880
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 203
Evgeny Paton
1870 - 1953
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 204
Franz Grashof
1826 - 1893
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 205
William Playfair
1759 - 1823
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 206
Emily Warren Roebling
1843 - 1903
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 207

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Adolphe Alphand ranks 51. Before him are Wilhelm Griesinger, Georg Herwegh, Heinrich Graetz, Joseph Poelaert, Debendranath Tagore, and Marie-Eugénie de Jésus. After him are Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, and Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard. Among people deceased in 1891, Adolphe Alphand ranks 69. Before him are Heinrich Graetz, Louis Paulsen, Prince Baudouin of Belgium, Theodor Aman, Sarah Childress Polk, and Laza Lazarević. After him are José María Iglesias, Charles Stewart Parnell, Ludvig Lorenz, Sanjō Sanetomi, Carl Johan Thyselius, and Antero de Quental.

Others Born in 1817

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Wilhelm Griesinger
PHYSICIAN
1817 - 1868
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 45
Georg Herwegh
WRITER
1817 - 1875
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 46
Heinrich Graetz
HISTORIAN
1817 - 1891
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 47
Joseph Poelaert
ARCHITECT
1817 - 1879
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 48
Debendranath Tagore
PHILOSOPHER
1817 - 1905
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 49
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
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1817 - 1898
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 50
Adolphe Alphand
ENGINEER
1817 - 1891
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 51
Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher
ECONOMIST
1817 - 1894
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 52
Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten
BIOLOGIST
1817 - 1908
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 53
Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès
CHEMIST
1817 - 1880
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 54
Jozef Miloslav Hurban
WRITER
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 55
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1861
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 56
Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard
PHYSICIAN
1817 - 1894
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 57