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Horace Bénédict de Saussure

1740 - 1799

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Horace Bénédict de Saussure (French: [ɔʁas benedikt də sosyʁ]; 17 February 1740 – 22 January 1799) was a Genevan geologist, meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer and Alpine explorer (specifically the Mont Blanc massif), often called the founder of alpinism and modern meteorology, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horace Bénédict de Saussure is the 7th most popular mountaineer (down from 6th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 74th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Mountaineer.

In the late 1700s, Horace Bénédict de Saussure used a thermometer to measure the temperature of the air and water in the Swiss Alps. He also used a barometer to measure the air pressure and discovered that when the barometer is high, the temperature is low.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Horace Bénédict de Saussure ranks 7 out of 56. Before him are Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, Reinhold Messner, Heinrich Harrer, Andrew Irvine, and Junko Tabei. After him are George Mallory, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Jerzy Kukuczka, Jacques Balmat, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, and Edward Whymper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Horace Bénédict de Saussure ranks 6. Before him are Marquis de Sade, Ivan VI of Russia, Isabelle de Charrière, Giovanni Paisiello, and Empress Go-Sakuramachi. After him are Jeanne Baret, Johann van Beethoven, Carl Michael Bellman, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, and Louis-Sébastien Mercier. Among people deceased in 1799, Horace Bénédict de Saussure ranks 9. Before him are Qianlong Emperor, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Pierre Beaumarchais, Joseph Black, Lazzaro Spallanzani, and Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. After him are Tipu Sultan, Victoire of France, Heshen, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, and Jean-François Marmontel.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Horace Bénédict de Saussure ranks 76 out of 1,015. Before him are Max Frisch (1911), Alexandre Yersin (1863), Siegfried Wagner (1869), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Domenico Fontana (1543), and Clay Regazzoni (1939). After him are Heinrich Wölfflin (1864), Peter Zumthor (1943), Félix Vallotton (1865), Roger Federer (1981), Niklaus Wirth (1934), and Mario Botta (1943).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Switzerland

Among mountaineers born in Switzerland, Horace Bénédict de Saussure ranks 1. After him are Matthias Zurbriggen (1856), Erhard Loretan (1959), and Ueli Steck (1976).

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