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Henri Giffard

1825 - 1882

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Baptiste Jules Henri Jacques Giffard (8 February 1825 – 14 April 1882) was a French engineer. In 1852 he invented the steam injector and the powered Giffard dirigible airship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Giffard is the 151st most popular inventor (down from 123rd in 2019), the 1,911th most popular biography from France (down from 1,512th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Inventor.

Henri Giffard was a French engineer who designed the first powered airship.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Henri Giffard ranks 151 out of 426. Before him are Robert Stirling, Peter Cooper, Siegfried Marcus, Richard Jordan Gatling, Robert Cailliau, and Johann Nepomuk Maelzel. After him are Mary Anderson, Peter Henlein, Robert Moog, Friedrich Zander, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, and Joseph Monier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Henri Giffard ranks 20. Before him are Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Emil Erlenmeyer, Marie of Prussia, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Nubar Pasha, and Sher Ali Khan. After him are Dadabhai Naoroji, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, George Phillips Bond, Mór Jókai, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, and Conrad Ferdinand Meyer. Among people deceased in 1882, Henri Giffard ranks 31. Before him are Mary Todd Lincoln, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Ewelina Hańska, Jørgen Moe, Henry Draper, and Mikhail Skobelev. After him are Joachim Raff, Anthony Trollope, Henry Cole, János Arany, Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Berthold Auerbach.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Giffard ranks 1,911 out of 6,770. Before him are Bixente Lizarazu (1969), Isabella of Bourbon (1437), Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700), Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (1749), François Ozon (1967), and Adèle Hugo (1830). After him are Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (1725), Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923), Maurice de Sully (1110), Henri-Edmond Cross (1856), Jeannot Szwarc (1937), and Guy Mollet (1905).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Henri Giffard ranks 22. Before him are Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), Clément Ader (1841), André Michelin (1853), Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817), Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), and Louis Le Prince (1841). After him are Joseph Monier (1823), Guillaume Amontons (1663), Charles Cros (1842), Émile Baudot (1845), Georges Claude (1870), and Édouard Branly (1844).

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