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Lazare Carnot

1753 - 1823

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Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, Comte Carnot (French: [lazaʁ nikɔla maʁɡəʁit kaʁno]; 13 May 1753 – 2 August 1823) was a French mathematician, physicist, military officer, politician and a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution. His military reforms, which included the introduction of mass conscription (levée en masse), were instrumental in transforming the French Revolutionary Army into an effective fighting force. Carnot was elected to the National Convention in 1792, and a year later he became a member of the Committee of Public Safety, where he directed the French war effort as one of the Ministers of War during the War of the First Coalition. He oversaw the reorganization of the army, imposed discipline, and significantly expanded the French force through the imposition of mass conscription. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lazare Carnot is the 1,424th most popular politician (up from 1,713th in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from France (up from 595th in 2019) and the 116th most popular French Politician.

Lazare Carnot was a French military engineer, politician, and mathematician. He was best known for his work on the Carnot cycle, a principle of thermodynamics.

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Among politicians, Lazare Carnot ranks 1,424 out of 19,576. Before him are Gwangjong of Goryeo, Louis III of France, Berenice III of Egypt, Yitzhak Shamir, Sandra Mason, and Soong Ching-ling. After him are Ahmed Ben Bella, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Albert Lebrun, Fuxi, and Leo IV the Khazar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Lazare Carnot ranks 1. After him are Phillis Wheatley, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Joseph de Maistre, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Benjamin Thompson, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, Utamaro, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, and Franz Karl Achard. Among people deceased in 1823, Lazare Carnot ranks 5. Before him are Pope Pius VII, Edward Jenner, David Ricardo, and Louis-Nicolas Davout. After him are Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Jacques Charles, Charles François Dumouriez, André-Jacques Garnerin, Ann Radcliffe, Rafael del Riego, and Abraham-Louis Breguet.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lazare Carnot ranks 472 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Fouquet (1420), Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), Gaspard Monge (1746), Louis III of France (863), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), and François-Noël Babeuf (1760). After him are Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769), Jean-François Lyotard (1924), Albert Lebrun (1871), Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799), Pytheas (-380), and Louis Néel (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Lazare Carnot ranks 116. Before him are Henry of Flanders (1174), Robert I of France (860), Paul Barras (1755), Livilla (-13), Jean Monnet (1888), and Louis III of France (863). After him are Albert Lebrun (1871), Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1852), Stephen, King of England (1095), Childebert I (497), Aimery of Cyprus (1172), and Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781).

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