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Heinrich Gerber

1832 - 1912

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Heinrich Gerber (Johann Gottfried Heinrich Gerber; November 18, 1832 in Hof, Bavaria – January 3, 1912 in Munich, Germany) was a German civil engineer and inventor of the Gerber girder. He received several patents for his systems for building bridges. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Gerber is the 337th most popular inventor (down from 317th in 2019), the 4,672nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,438th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Heinrich Gerber ranks 337 out of 426. Before him are An Wang, Victor Hasselblad, John Philip Holland, Joseph Engelberger, Roland Moreno, and Harry Brearley. After him are André Blondel, Henry Shrapnel, Edward Lawry Norton, David Dunbar Buick, William Fothergill Cooke, and Sven Gustaf Wingqvist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Heinrich Gerber ranks 85. Before him are Zsófia Torma, Eugenio Montero Ríos, William Thomas Blanford, Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero, Juan Montalvo, and Kolos Ferenc Vaszary. After him are Walter Q. Gresham, Isaac Israel Hayes, Edward Newton, Juris Alunāns, Gyula Szapáry, and Mary Everest Boole. Among people deceased in 1912, Heinrich Gerber ranks 110. Before him are Ferdinand Monoyer, Felix Dahn, Henri Bouckaert, Patricio Escobar, Pencho Slaveykov, and Iakob Gogebashvili. After him are Lawrence Oates, Spiru Haret, Anton Aškerc, Ahmet Mithat, Aleksey Suvorin, and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Gerber ranks 4,675 out of 7,253. Before him are Christopher Cockerell (1910), Wilhelm Nusselt (1882), Norbert Eder (1955), Vladimir Lossky (1903), Otto Winzer (1902), and Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1790). After him are Haim Katz (1947), Hanna Maron (1923), Fritz-Hubert Gräser (1888), Carsten Jancker (1974), Michael Gwisdek (1942), and LeVar Burton (1957).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Heinrich Gerber ranks 42. Before him are Adolf Martens (1850), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), Wilhelm Bauer (1822), Walter Bruch (1908), Didi Senft (1952), and Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854). After him are Albrecht Berblinger (1770), Andy Bechtolsheim (1955), and Karl Jatho (1873).

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