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Franz Reuleaux

1829 - 1905

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Franz Reuleaux (French: [ʁœlo]; German: [ʁøˈloː]; 30 September 1829 – 20 August 1905) was a German mechanical engineer and a lecturer at Technische Hochschule Berlin (today Technische Universität Berlin), later appointed as the president of the academy. He was often called the father of kinematics. He was a leader in his profession, contributing to many important domains of science and knowledge. Today, he may be best remembered for the Reuleaux triangle, a curve of constant width that he helped develop as a useful mechanical form. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Reuleaux is the 146th most popular engineer (down from 142nd in 2019), the 2,800th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,602nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Franz Reuleaux ranks 146 out of 389. Before him are John Loudon McAdam, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Pierre-Émile Martin, J. Walter Christie, Georges Leclanché, and Vitaly Abalakov. After him are John Scott Russell, Hellmuth Walter, Marc Seguin, Sherif Ismail, Mikhail Yangel, and Walter Hohmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Franz Reuleaux ranks 31. Before him are Ivan Sechenov, Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Maurice Joly, and Robert Nobel. After him are Ignacio Zaragoza, Moritz Cantor, Jean-Jacques Henner, Konrad Duden, Laurence Oliphant, and Allan Octavian Hume. Among people deceased in 1905, Franz Reuleaux ranks 42. Before him are Henrik Sjöberg, Infanta Amalia of Spain, Clément Juglar, Josip Belušić, José-Maria de Heredia, and George Williams. After him are Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Julius Oppert, Franz Overbeck, Amalie Skram, Mary Mapes Dodge, and Jean-Jacques Henner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Reuleaux ranks 2,801 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877), Martin Walser (1927), Werner Schroeter (1945), Sabina of Bavaria (1492), Udo Lindenberg (1946), and Leo Löwenthal (1900). After him are Hermann Breith (1892), Duke George of Oldenburg (1784), Tielman Susato (1500), Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1568), Paul Julius Möbius (1853), and Flavia Julia Constantia (290).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Franz Reuleaux ranks 18. Before him are Walter Dornberger (1895), John A. Roebling (1806), Erich Topp (1914), Alexander Lippisch (1894), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), and Claude Dornier (1884). After him are Hellmuth Walter (1900), Walter Hohmann (1880), Anton Flettner (1885), Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935), Hugo Eckener (1868), and Peter Hirsch (1925).

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