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Denis Papin

1647 - 1712

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Denis Papin FRS (French pronunciation: [dəni papɛ̃]; 22 August 1647 – 26 August 1713) was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker, the steam engine, the centrifugal pump, submersible and possibly the paddlesteamer (1707). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Denis Papin is the 28th most popular inventor, the 363rd most popular biography from France (down from 357th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Inventor.

Denis Papin was a physicist and inventor who is most famous for inventing the pressure cooker.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Denis Papin ranks 28 out of 426. Before him are Hans Lippershey, Eli Whitney, Lee de Forest, Bartolomeo Cristofori, Werner von Siemens, and John Logie Baird. After him are Thomas Newcomen, Abbas ibn Firnas, Jimmy Wales, Ernő Rubik, Samuel Colt, and Gideon Sundback.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1647, Denis Papin ranks 1. After him are Maria Sibylla Merian, Pierre Bayle, Margaret Mary Alacoque, John George III, Elector of Saxony, Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Suleiman of Persia, Giovanni Ceva, John de Britto, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Constantine Phaulkon, and Elisabeth Hevelius. Among people deceased in 1712, Denis Papin ranks 3. Before him are Giovanni Domenico Cassini, and Louis, Duke of Burgundy. After him are Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Richard Cromwell, Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Louisa Maria Stuart, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Nicolas Catinat, Tokugawa Ienobu, and Jan van der Heyden.

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In France

Among people born in France, Denis Papin ranks 363 out of 6,770. Before him are Anne of Brittany (1477), Louis Renault (1843), Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058), Paul Ricœur (1913), Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), and Luc Montagnier (1932). After him are Pierre Boulez (1925), Antonin Artaud (1896), Diane de Poitiers (1499), Héloïse (1101), François Mauriac (1885), and Henri Charrière (1906).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Denis Papin ranks 6. Before him are Louis Braille (1809), Louis Daguerre (1787), Nicolas Appert (1749), Rudolf Diesel (1858), and Nicéphore Niépce (1765). After him are Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), Louis Blériot (1872), Louis Renault (1877), Claude Chappe (1763), and Jacques de Vaucanson (1709).

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