INVENTOR

Henri Fabre

1882 - 1984

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Henri Fabre (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi fabʁ]; 29 November 1882 – 30 June 1984) was a French aviator and the inventor of the first successful seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion. Henri Fabre was born into a prominent family of shipowners in the city of Marseille. He was educated in the Jesuit College of Marseilles where he undertook advanced studies in sciences. He intensively studied aeroplane and propeller designs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Fabre is the 267th most popular inventor (up from 334th in 2019), the 3,664th most popular biography from France (up from 4,441st in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Henri Fabre ranks 267 out of 426. Before him are Michael S. Hart, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Angelo Moriondo, Walter Zapp, Gerald Bull, and Ray Dolby. After him are Louis Lumière, Alexandre Alexeieff, John Barnard, Colin Archer, Léon Gaumont, and Franz Xaver Gabelsberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Henri Fabre ranks 161. Before him are Johannes Gabriel Granö, Elisabeth Abegg, Péter Tóth, Benjamin Jones, Jessie Redmon Fauset, and Henri Anspach. After him are Aristarkh Lentulov, Kyusaku Ogino, Alexander Kutepov, George Bellows, Carl Diem, and Federico Chávez. Among people deceased in 1984, Henri Fabre ranks 138. Before him are Lillian Hellman, Arvīds Jansons, Manès Sperber, Eulogio Martínez, Sam Jaffe, and Ralph Kirkpatrick. After him are Ethel Merman, Giuseppe Tucci, Campanal I, Toivo Loukola, Grete Hermann, and Ansel Adams.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Fabre ranks 3,664 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Feltin (1883), Adrien René Franchet (1834), Micheline Ostermeyer (1922), André Cardinal Destouches (1672), Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau (1851), and Émile Duclaux (1840). After him are Louis Lumière (1864), Guillaume Philibert Duhesme (1766), Éric Serra (1959), Claude Bourgelat (1712), Georges Descrières (1930), and Jean Robic (1921).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Henri Fabre ranks 34. Before him are Édouard Branly (1844), Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), Wan Hu (1510), Georges Hébert (1875), François Isaac de Rivaz (1752), and Alphonse Beau de Rochas (1815). After him are Louis Lumière (1864), Léon Gaumont (1864), Georges Beuchat (1910), André Blondel (1863), and Franky Zapata (1978).

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