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Ildefons Cerdà

1815 - 1876

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Ildefons Cerdà Sunyer (Catalan pronunciation: [ildəˈfons səɾˈða i suˈɲe]; Spanish: Ildefonso Cerdá Suñer; 23 December 1815, Centelles (Catalonia) – 21 August 1876, Caldas de Besaya (Cantabria)) was a Spanish urban planner and civil engineer who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called the Eixample. Because of his extensive theoretical and practical work, he is considered the founder of modern town planning as a discipline, having coined the word "urbanization". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ildefons Cerdà is the 41st most popular engineer (down from 38th in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Spain (down from 285th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Engineer.

Ildefons Cerdà is most famous for his work on the Eixample, a grid-like expansion of Barcelona.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 41 out of 389. Before him are Theodore von Kármán, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Hertha Ayrton, Anthony Fokker, Emil Škoda, and Loránd Eötvös. After him are Hugo Junkers, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Villard de Honnecourt, Howard H. Aiken, Sergey Ilyushin, and Felix Wankel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 12. Before him are George Boole, Karl Weierstrass, Adolph Menzel, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Thomas Couture, and Louis-Jules Trochu. After him are Ľudovít Štúr, Julia Margaret Cameron, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Lorenz von Stein, Richard Henry Dana Jr., and Ernest Meissonier. Among people deceased in 1876, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 12. Before him are Karl Ernst von Baer, George Armstrong Custer, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Truganini, Catherine Labouré, and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. After him are Marie d'Agoult, George Smith, Antoine Jérôme Balard, Hristo Botev, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, and František Palacký.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 290 out of 3,355. Before him are Ferdinand II of León (1137), Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), Ibn al-Baitar (1197), Rafael Nadal (1986), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), and Urraca of León (1081). After him are Muhammad I of Córdoba (823), Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850), Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Blanche I of Navarre (1387), Ernesto Valverde (1964), and Postumus (250).

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Among ENGINEERS In Spain

Among engineers born in Spain, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 2. Before him are José Echegaray (1832). After him are Álvaro del Portillo (1914), and Agustín de Betancourt (1758).

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