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Henry Darcy

1803 - 1858

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Henry Philibert Gaspard Darcy (French: [ɑ̃ʁi daʁsi]; 10 June 1803 – 3 January 1858) was a French engineer who made several important contributions to hydraulics, including Darcy’s law for flow in porous media. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Darcy is the 118th most popular engineer (down from 104th in 2019), the 2,440th most popular biography from France (down from 2,081st in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Henry Darcy ranks 118 out of 389. Before him are Pierre Clostermann, Sergei Khrushchev, François Laurent d'Arlandes, Erich Topp, Eupalinos, and Erik Dahlbergh. After him are Borys Paton, Alexander Cunningham, Valdemar Poulsen, Yevgeny Dragunov, Ivan Sechenov, and Rory Byrne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Henry Darcy ranks 31. Before him are Friedrich von Amerling, Muhammad IV of Morocco, John Ericsson, Karl Gützlaff, Peter Chanel, and Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff. After him are John Sutter, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Alexander von Nordmann, Henri Herz, and Joseph Paxton. Among people deceased in 1858, Henry Darcy ranks 31. Before him are Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Rachel Félix, Felice Orsini, Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, and George Peacock. After him are Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden, Valentín Gómez Farías, Charles-Louis Havas, Sigismund von Neukomm, Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Johann Baptist Cramer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henry Darcy ranks 2,440 out of 6,770. Before him are Germanus of Auxerre (378), Roger Peyrefitte (1907), Albert, 4th duc de Broglie (1821), Philippe Sollers (1936), Raymonde de Laroche (1882), and Bernard Palissy (1510). After him are Aldegonde (639), Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712), Yann Tiersen (1970), Marie Bracquemond (1840), Isabelle Aubret (1938), and Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Henry Darcy ranks 13. Before him are Marcel Renault (1872), Henri Farman (1874), Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), Paul Cornu (1881), André Courrèges (1923), and François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742). After him are Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Alexandre Darracq (1855), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Georges Leclanché (1836), Marc Seguin (1786), and Gabriel Voisin (1880).

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