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Eugen Langen

1833 - 1895

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Carl Eugen Langen (9 October 1833 in Cologne – 2 October 1895 in Elsdorf) was a German entrepreneur, engineer and inventor, involved in the development of the petrol engine and the Wuppertal Suspension Railway. In 1857 he worked in his father's sugar factory, JJ Langen & Söhne, and after extensive technical training at the Polytechnic institute in Karlsruhe, patented a method for producing sugar cubes. In 1870 he co-founded Pfeifer & Langen, still in operation today. He sold this method in 1872 to Sir Henry Tate of England, founder of the Tate Gallery in London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugen Langen is the 256th most popular inventor (down from 246th in 2019), the 3,517th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,206th in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Eugen Langen ranks 256 out of 426. Before him are Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Peter Madsen, Marcian Hoff, Vittorio Jano, Clive Sinclair, and George Pullman. After him are Glenn Curtiss, Hary Gunarto, Adolf Martens, Arthur Wynne, Michael S. Hart, and Joseph-Armand Bombardier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Eugen Langen ranks 45. Before him are Henry Roscoe, Frederick Guthrie, Constantine V of Constantinople, Louis Paulsen, Kâmil Pasha, and Zacharie Astruc. After him are Maurice Loewy, Dimitrie Sturdza, Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, Rosa Vercellana, Fredrik von Otter, and Abu Bakar of Johor. Among people deceased in 1895, Eugen Langen ranks 52. Before him are Władysław Podkowiński, Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, Knud Knudsen, Lahiri Mahasaya, Tomoji Tanabe, and George Newbold Lawrence. After him are Viktor Rydberg, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, Giuseppe Prinzi, Abu Bakar of Johor, and Petko Slaveykov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eugen Langen ranks 3,519 out of 7,253. Before him are Klaus Toppmöller (1951), Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1846), Alwin Berger (1871), Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1619), Wilhelm von Bode (1845), and Hans Jordan (1892). After him are Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724), Rainer Woelki (1956), Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (1537), Rüdiger Safranski (1945), Anita Augspurg (1857), and Cornelius Gurlitt (1820).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Eugen Langen ranks 35. Before him are Max Skladanowsky (1863), Helmut Gröttrup (1916), Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823), Oskar Barnack (1879), Fritz von Opel (1899), and Ricardo Wolf (1887). After him are Adolf Martens (1850), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), Wilhelm Bauer (1822), Walter Bruch (1908), Didi Senft (1952), and Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854).

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