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Fulgence Bienvenüe

1852 - 1936

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Fulgence Bienvenüe (French pronunciation: [fylʒɑ̃s bjɛ̃v(ə)ny]; 27 January 1852 – 3 August 1936) was a French civil engineer, best known for his role in the construction of the Paris Métro, and has been called "Le Père du Métro" (Father of the Metro). A native of Uzel in Brittany, and the son of a notary, in 1872 Bienvenüe graduated from the École Polytechnique as a civil engineer and the same year he began working for the Department of Bridges and Roads at Alençon. His first assignment was the construction of new railway lines in the Mayenne area, in the course of which his left arm had to be amputated after being crushed in a construction accident. In 1886, Bienvenüe moved on to Paris to design and supervise the construction of aqueducts for the city, drawing water from the rivers Aube and Loire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fulgence Bienvenüe is the 289th most popular engineer (down from 272nd in 2019), the 4,459th most popular biography from France (down from 4,289th in 2019) and the 56th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Fulgence Bienvenüe ranks 289 out of 389. Before him are Pierre-François Bouchard, Eugene Polley, Friedrich L. Bauer, Charles Joseph Minard, Christopher Cockerell, and Wilhelm Nusselt. After him are Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, William Froude, Hideo Itokawa, Burt Rutan, Viktor Kozin, and Joseph Bazalgette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Fulgence Bienvenüe ranks 102. Before him are János Csernoch, George Moore, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Joaquín Sánchez de Toca, Curt von François, and Felix Graf von Bothmer. After him are Daniel De Leon, Johan Ramstedt, Orest Khvolson, Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Lin Shu, and Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez. Among people deceased in 1936, Fulgence Bienvenüe ranks 156. Before him are Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Kamala Nehru, Henry B. Walthall, Manuel Goded Llopis, Uchida Kōsai, and Marilyn Miller. After him are Eugène Grisot, Vilho Lampi, Ludwig von Falkenhausen, Urani Rumbo, Lola Mora, and Hermann Hirt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Fulgence Bienvenüe ranks 4,459 out of 6,770. Before him are Saint-Pol-Roux (1861), Jean Richard (1921), Louis Garrel (1983), Erwin Vandendaele (1945), Henri Hubert (1872), and Eugène Guillevic (1907). After him are Bernard Schmetz (1904), Joseph Wresinski (1917), Jean de Sponde (1557), Maurice Lafont (1927), Jean-Claude Gaudin (1939), and Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Fulgence Bienvenüe ranks 56. Before him are Ernest Goüin (1815), Albert Auguste Perdonnet (1801), Jean-Augustin Barral (1819), Émile Lemoine (1840), Pierre-François Bouchard (1771), and Charles Joseph Minard (1781). After him are Marc René, marquis de Montalembert (1714), Charles Combes (1801), Louis Armand (1905), Octave Chanute (1832), and Julien Simon-Chautemps (1978).

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