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Charles Joseph Minard

1781 - 1870

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Charles Joseph Minard (; French: [minaʁ]; 27 March 1781 – 24 October 1870) was a French civil engineer recognized for his significant contribution in the field of information graphics in civil engineering and statistics. Minard was, among other things, noted for his representation of numerical data on geographic maps, especially his flow maps. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Joseph Minard is the 286th most popular engineer (up from 333rd in 2019), the 4,451st most popular biography from France (up from 4,975th in 2019) and the 55th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Charles Joseph Minard ranks 286 out of 389. Before him are Rudy Van Gelder, Boris Chertok, Oskar von Miller, Pierre-François Bouchard, Eugene Polley, and Friedrich L. Bauer. After him are Christopher Cockerell, Wilhelm Nusselt, Fulgence Bienvenüe, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, William Froude, and Hideo Itokawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, Charles Joseph Minard ranks 40. Before him are William John Burchell, Joseph Johann von Littrow, Friedrich von Berchtold, Joaquín Suárez, Andrés Narvarte, and John Walker. After him are George Ord, Alexander Vostokov, Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, Francis Leggatt Chantrey, Charlotte von Ahlefeld, and José María Calatrava y Peinado. Among people deceased in 1870, Charles Joseph Minard ranks 57. Before him are Christian Albrecht Jensen, Carl August von Steinheil, Juan Crisóstomo Falcón, Franz Unger, Jules Pierre Rambur, and Albrecht von Graefe. After him are Thomas Campbell Eyton, Joséphine Fodor, Michael William Balfe, Pascual Madoz, John P. Kennedy, and Umihana Čuvidina.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Joseph Minard ranks 4,451 out of 6,770. Before him are Betsy Jolas (1926), Jean-Pierre Changeux (1936), Karen Lancaume (1973), Christine Goitschel (1944), Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (1808), and Jean Marcel Honoré (1920). After him are Victor Bérard (1864), Lucien Clergue (1934), Frantz Reichel (1871), Saint-Pol-Roux (1861), Jean Richard (1921), and Louis Garrel (1983).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Charles Joseph Minard ranks 55. Before him are Marcel Deprez (1843), Ernest Goüin (1815), Albert Auguste Perdonnet (1801), Jean-Augustin Barral (1819), Émile Lemoine (1840), and Pierre-François Bouchard (1771). After him are Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852), Marc René, marquis de Montalembert (1714), Charles Combes (1801), Louis Armand (1905), Octave Chanute (1832), and Julien Simon-Chautemps (1978).

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