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Jacques de Vaucanson

1709 - 1782

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Jacques de Vaucanson (French: [jak də vocɑ̃sɔ̃]; February 24, 1709 – November 21, 1782) was a French inventor and artist who built the first all-metal lathe. This invention was crucial for the Industrial Revolution. The lathe is known as the mother of machine tools, as it was the first machine tool that led to the invention of other machine tools. He was responsible for the creation of impressive and innovative automata. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques de Vaucanson is the 82nd most popular inventor (down from 77th in 2019), the 958th most popular biography from France (down from 934th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Inventor.

Jacques de Vaucanson was most famous for inventing the first automated loom.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Jacques de Vaucanson ranks 82 out of 426. Before him are Jacques Piccard, James Naismith, John Browning, Alois Senefelder, Rowland Hill, and Charles K. Kao. After him are Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Oleg Antonov, Ray Tomlinson, Bi Sheng, Raymond Damadian, and Joseph Pilates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1709, Jacques de Vaucanson ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth of Russia, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, and Samuel Johnson. After him are Georg Wilhelm Steller, Franz Benda, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Johann Georg Gmelin, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, and Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans. Among people deceased in 1782, Jacques de Vaucanson ranks 9. Before him are Johann Christian Bach, Hyder Ali, Anne Bonny, Taksin, Pietro Metastasio, and Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal. After him are Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Anna Göldi, Sophie of France, Charles Lee, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, and Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques de Vaucanson ranks 958 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Anouilh (1910), John I of Aragon (1350), Louis Couturat (1868), Robert IV of Sablé (1150), Germaine of Foix (1488), and Louis Vuitton (1821). After him are Françoise Dorléac (1942), Agnes of Poitou (1025), Max Jacob (1876), Claude Perrault (1613), John, Duke of Berry (1340), and Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Jacques de Vaucanson ranks 12. Before him are Denis Papin (1647), Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), Louis Blériot (1872), Louis Renault (1877), and Claude Chappe (1763). After him are Alphonse Bertillon (1853), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844), Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), Clément Ader (1841), and André Michelin (1853).

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