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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 38th most popular engineer, the 285th most popular biography from Spain 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 Philo of Byzantium, Albert Göring, Lennart Torstensson, Theodore von Kármán, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Hertha Ayrton, Anthony Fokker, Emil Škoda, and Loránd Eötvös. After him are Hugo Junkers, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, and Villard de Honnecourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 12. Before him are Otto of Greece, John A. Macdonald, 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, and Lorenz von Stein. Among people deceased in 1876, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 11. Before him are Truganini, Karl Ernst von Baer, George Armstrong Custer, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Catherine Labouré, and Marie d'Agoult. After him are Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Francesco Maria Piave, Hristo Botev, and Antoine Jérôme Balard.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 285 out of 3,355. Before him are Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1402), Muhammad I of Granada (1194), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Liuvigild (525), Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609), and Fernando Alonso (1981). After him are Ibn Zuhr (1091), Jesús Franco (1930), Marcus Annius Verus (100), Al-Hakam I (770), Sancho IV of Castile (1258), and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488).

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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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