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Léon Serpollet

1858 - 1907

Léon Serpollet

Léon Serpollet (4 October 1858 – 1 February 1907) was a French engineer and developer of flash steam boilers and steam automobiles. Léon Serpollet was born in Culoz, in the Ain department of France in 1859, son of the carpenter Auguste Serpollet. He went into the family business with his brother Henri (1848–1915) producing circular saws and wood working machines. It was when seeking to power their workshops that Henri came up with the idea of flash steam generation, with a patent applied for on 25 October 1879. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Serpollet is the 250th most popular engineer (down from 223rd in 2019), the 4,055th most popular biography from France (down from 3,680th in 2019) and the 46th most popular French Engineer.

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Among engineers, Léon Serpollet ranks 250 out of 389. Before him are Eugène Flachat, Ed Heinemann, Louis Vicat, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Sergey Chaplygin, and Hans Moravec. After him are Brian McGuire, Waloddi Weibull, Louis Pouzin, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, Mikhail Simonov, and Marcel Deprez.

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Eugène Flachat
1802 - 1873
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 244
Ed Heinemann
1908 - 1991
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 245
Louis Vicat
1786 - 1861
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 246
Fredrik Henrik af Chapman
1721 - 1808
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 247
Sergey Chaplygin
1869 - 1942
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 248
Hans Moravec
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 249
Léon Serpollet
1858 - 1907
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 250
Brian McGuire
1945 - 1977
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 251
Waloddi Weibull
1887 - 1979
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 252
Louis Pouzin
1931 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 253
Antoine Nicolas Duchesne
1747 - 1827
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 254
Mikhail Simonov
1929 - 2011
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 255
Marcel Deprez
1843 - 1918
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 256

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Léon Serpollet ranks 104. Before him are Edmond Aman-Jean, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Heinrich Zille, Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, Georgi Todorov, and Eva Nansen. After him are Mary Adela Blagg, Georges Courteline, Alexandre Michon, Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Stoyan Danev, and Yukio Ozaki. Among people deceased in 1907, Léon Serpollet ranks 79. Before him are Edward Routh, Ottomar Anschütz, Moritz Steinschneider, William Howard Russell, Bernhard Hammer, and Eva Nansen. After him are Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, Désirée Artôt, Jules de Trooz, Charles Howard Hinton, Muriel Robb, and Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu.

Others Born in 1858

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Edmond Aman-Jean
PAINTER
1858 - 1936
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 98
Ferdinand Albin Pax
BIOLOGIST
1858 - 1942
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 99
Heinrich Zille
PHOTOGRAPHER
1858 - 1929
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 100
Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1928
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 101
Georgi Todorov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1858 - 1934
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 102
Eva Nansen
SINGER
1858 - 1907
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 103
Léon Serpollet
ENGINEER
1858 - 1907
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 104
Mary Adela Blagg
ASTRONOMER
1858 - 1944
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 105
Georges Courteline
WRITER
1858 - 1929
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 106
Alexandre Michon
PHOTOGRAPHER
1858 - 1921
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 107
Juan Luis Sanfuentes
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1930
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 108
Stoyan Danev
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1949
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 109
Yukio Ozaki
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1954
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 110