ENGINEER

Franz Grashof

1826 - 1893

Photo of Franz Grashof

Icon of person Franz Grashof

Franz Grashof (11 July 1826 – 26 October 1893) was a German engineer. He was a professor of Applied Mechanics at the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Grashof is the 205th most popular engineer (down from 196th in 2019), the 3,627th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,372nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Franz Grashof by language

Loading...

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Franz Grashof ranks 205 out of 389Before him are François Hennebique, Vasily Mishin, Adolphe Alphand, Eugene Stoner, Arthur Morin, and Evgeny Paton. After him are William Playfair, Emily Warren Roebling, Alexander Kemurdzhian, Michele Besso, Robert Maillart, and Émile Levassor.

Most Popular Engineers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Franz Grashof ranks 40Before him are Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Hormuzd Rassam, Richard Christopher Carrington, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, and İbrahim Şinasi. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Charles Barbier de Meynard, Romuald Traugutt, Johann Köler, Lea Ahlborn, and Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen. Among people deceased in 1893, Franz Grashof ranks 48Before him are Nikolai Zverev, Pierre Tirard, Tivadar Puskás, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, and John Atkinson Grimshaw. After him are Anton von Schmerling, Grigor Parlichev, Concepción Arenal, Arabo, Georgi Pulevski, and John Abbott.

Others Born in 1826

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1893

Go to all Rankings

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Grashof ranks 3,629 out of 7,253Before him are Emilie of Saxony (1516), Ubbo Emmius (1547), Conrad of Urach (1170), William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1625), Kevin-Prince Boateng (1987), and Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754). After him are Emil von Sauer (1862), Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817), Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1879), Paul Deussen (1845), Karl Binding (1841), and Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (1829).

Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Franz Grashof ranks 26Before him are Walter Hohmann (1880), Anton Flettner (1885), Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935), Hugo Eckener (1868), Peter Hirsch (1925), and Gustave Whitehead (1874). After him are Johann Georg Halske (1814), Arthur Rudolph (1906), Ferdinand Mannlicher (1848), Paul Mauser (1838), Gerhard Fieseler (1896), and Oskar von Miller (1855).