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Gaston Planté

1834 - 1889

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Gaston Planté (French pronunciation: [ʁɛmɔ̃ lwi ɡastɔ̃ plɑ̃te]; 22 April 1834 – 21 May 1889) was a French physicist who invented the lead–acid battery in 1859. This type battery was developed as the first rechargeable electric battery marketed for commercial use and it is widely used in automobiles. Planté was born on 22 April 1834 in Orthez, France. In 1854 he began work as an assistant lecturer in physics at the Conservatory of Arts and Crafts in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Planté is the 364th most popular physicist (down from 362nd in 2019), the 1,851st most popular biography from France (up from 1,932nd in 2019) and the 44th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Gaston Planté ranks 364 out of 851. Before him are Nathan Rosen, E. C. George Sudarshan, William Whewell, Heinrich Geißler, Henri Pitot, and Duncan Haldane. After him are Théophile de Donder, Louis Slotin, William Sturgeon, George F. R. Ellis, Wolfgang Ketterle, and Karl Guthe Jansky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Gaston Planté ranks 25. Before him are Johann Philipp Reis, Norodom of Cambodia, John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Kondō Isami, Hetty Green, and Kawakami Gensai. After him are Julia Pastrana, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Heinrich von Treitschke, Gustav Nachtigal, and Viktor Hartmann. Among people deceased in 1889, Gaston Planté ranks 27. Before him are Marie of Prussia, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Robert Browning, Giovanni Bottesini, Jules Dupré, and Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges. After him are Şevkefza Kadın, Adolf von Henselt, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Ignacy Domeyko, and Émile Augier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston Planté ranks 1,851 out of 6,770. Before him are Théodore de Banville (1823), Brigitte Fossey (1946), Corinne Cléry (1950), Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446), Tomi Ungerer (1931), and Philippe de Commines (1447). After him are Warda Al-Jazairia (1939), Pierre Belon (1517), Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920), Valentin Haüy (1745), Jean Hyppolite (1907), and Jean Borotra (1898).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Gaston Planté ranks 44. Before him are Louis Paul Cailletet (1832), Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille (1797), Auguste Bravais (1811), Louis Poinsot (1777), Jean-Charles de Borda (1733), and Henri Pitot (1695). After him are Maurice de Broglie (1875), John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683), Léon Brillouin (1889), Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700), Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (1851), and Jules Jamin (1818).

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