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Albert Auguste Perdonnet

1801 - 1867

Albert Auguste Perdonnet

Jean Albert Vincent Auguste Perdonnet (12 March 1801, Paris – 27 September 1867, Cannes) was a French railroad engineer. He published the first French textbook on railroad engineering in 1828. He also worked to investigate and remove the causes of railroad accidents. Perdonnet's name is one of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Auguste Perdonnet is the 270th most popular engineer (up from 329th in 2019), the 4,280th most popular biography from France (up from 4,923rd in 2019) and the 51st most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Albert Auguste Perdonnet ranks 270 out of 389. Before him are Gerhard Fieseler, Frederick W. Lanchester, Konstantin Kalinin, Alexander Mikulin, Aron Ralston, and Ernest Goüin. After him are Butler Lampson, Nikolay Makarov, Frances Spence, Jean-Augustin Barral, Erwin Komenda, and Hendrik Wade Bode.

Most Popular Engineers in Wikipedia

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Gerhard Fieseler
1896 - 1987
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 264
Frederick W. Lanchester
1868 - 1946
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 265
Konstantin Kalinin
1887 - 1938
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 266
Alexander Mikulin
1895 - 1985
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 267
Aron Ralston
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 268
Ernest Goüin
1815 - 1885
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 269
Albert Auguste Perdonnet
1801 - 1867
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 270
Butler Lampson
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 271
Nikolay Makarov
1914 - 1988
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 272
Frances Spence
1922 - 2012
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 273
Jean-Augustin Barral
1819 - 1884
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 274
Erwin Komenda
1904 - 1966
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 275
Hendrik Wade Bode
1905 - 1982
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 276

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Albert Auguste Perdonnet ranks 75. Before him are František Škroup, Carlo Cattaneo, Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, Édouard Spach, Carl August von Steinheil, and Ludwig Bechstein. After him are Jules Pierre Rambur, William Hallowes Miller, Robert J. Walker, Athanasios Vouros, Charles Combes, and Zecharias Frankel. Among people deceased in 1867, Albert Auguste Perdonnet ranks 49. Before him are Mohammad Afzal Khan, Alexander Petrov, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, José Mariano Salas, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, and Artur Grottger. After him are Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Charles John Andersson, Ignatius Brianchaninov, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac, Phan Thanh Giản, and Athanasios Miaoulis.

Others Born in 1801

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František Škroup
COMPOSER
1801 - 1862
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 69
Carlo Cattaneo
PHILOSOPHER
1801 - 1869
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 70
Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1801 - 1869
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 71
Édouard Spach
BIOLOGIST
1801 - 1879
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 72
Carl August von Steinheil
PHYSICIST
1801 - 1870
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 73
Ludwig Bechstein
WRITER
1801 - 1860
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 74
Albert Auguste Perdonnet
ENGINEER
1801 - 1867
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 75
Jules Pierre Rambur
BIOLOGIST
1801 - 1870
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 76
William Hallowes Miller
CHEMIST
1801 - 1880
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 77
Robert J. Walker
POLITICIAN
1801 - 1869
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 78
Athanasios Vouros
FENCER
1801 - 2000
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 79
Charles Combes
ENGINEER
1801 - 1872
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 80
Zecharias Frankel
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1801 - 1875
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 81

Others Deceased in 1867

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Mohammad Afzal Khan
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1867
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 43
Alexander Petrov
CHESS PLAYER
1799 - 1867
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 44
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński
MUSICIAN
1807 - 1867
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 45
José Mariano Salas
POLITICIAN
1797 - 1867
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 46
Karl Georg Christian von Staudt
MATHEMATICIAN
1798 - 1867
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 47
Artur Grottger
PAINTER
1837 - 1867
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 48
Albert Auguste Perdonnet
ENGINEER
1801 - 1867
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 49
Karl Ferdinand Sohn
PAINTER
1805 - 1867
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 50
Charles John Andersson
EXPLORER
1827 - 1867
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 51
Ignatius Brianchaninov
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1807 - 1867
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 52
Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1778 - 1867
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 53
Phan Thanh Giản
PHILOSOPHER
1796 - 1867
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 54
Athanasios Miaoulis
POLITICIAN
1815 - 1867
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 55

In France

Among people born in France, Albert Auguste Perdonnet ranks 4,280 out of 6,770. Before him are Ernst Stadler (1883), Armand Blanchonnet (1903), Daniel Marot (1661), Eugène Balme (1874), Henri Tauzin (1879), and Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville (1799). After him are Noël Roquevert (1892), Géo André (1889), Henri Hérouin (1876), Paul Rivet (1876), Joël Bats (1957), and Gilles Berolatti (1944).

Others born in France

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Ernst Stadler
WRITER
1883 - 1914
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 4,274
Armand Blanchonnet
CYCLIST
1903 - 1968
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 4,275
Daniel Marot
ARCHITECT
1661 - 1752
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 4,276
Eugène Balme
ATHLETE
1874 - 1914
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 4,277
Henri Tauzin
ATHLETE
1879 - 1918
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 4,278
Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
BIOLOGIST
1799 - 1874
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 4,279
Albert Auguste Perdonnet
ENGINEER
1801 - 1867
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 4,280
Noël Roquevert
ACTOR
1892 - 1973
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 4,281
Géo André
ATHLETE
1889 - 1943
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 4,282
Henri Hérouin
ATHLETE
1876 - 2000
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 4,283
Paul Rivet
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1876 - 1959
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 4,284
Joël Bats
SOCCER PLAYER
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 4,285
Gilles Berolatti
FENCER
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 4,286