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Petrache Poenaru

1799 - 1875

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Petrache Poenaru (Romanian pronunciation: [peˈtrake po.eˈnaru]; 10 January 1799 – 2 October 1875) was a Romanian inventor. Poenaru, who had studied in Paris and Vienna and, later, completed his specialized studies in England, was a mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, teacher and organizer of the educational system, as well as a politician, agronomist, and zootechnologist, founder of the Philharmonic Society, the Botanical Gardens and the National Museum of Antiquities in Bucharest. While a student in Paris, Petrache Poenaru invented the world's first fountain pen, an invention for which the French Government issued a patent on 25 May 1827. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Petrache Poenaru is the 291st most popular inventor (down from 258th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Romania (down from 243rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Romanian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Petrache Poenaru ranks 291 out of 426. Before him are Beulah Louise Henry, Genrich Altshuller, Ottomar Anschütz, Cyrus McCormick, Mark Rober, and Ralph Hartley. After him are Frank Zamboni, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Max Valier, Samuel Morland, Jacob Perkins, and Mohamed M. Atalla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, Petrache Poenaru ranks 41. Before him are Jean Baptiste Boisduval, Duchess Marie of Württemberg, Manuel Bulnes, Imre Frivaldszky, Alexander Petrov, and Joachim Barrande. After him are Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, Robert von Mohl, Heinrich von Kittlitz, Eliza Acton, Fyodor Bruni, and David Don. Among people deceased in 1875, Petrache Poenaru ranks 60. Before him are Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Maria Röhl, Isidore Pils, Mikhail Pogodin, Charles Grandison Finney, and Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling. After him are Robert von Mohl, William Sterndale Bennett, Fyodor Bruni, Wilhelm Bauer, Aristeidis Moraitinis, and Virginie Ancelot.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Petrache Poenaru ranks 296 out of 844. Before him are Florence Baker (1841), Zoltán Ozoray Schenker (1880), Alexandra Maria Lara (1978), Alexandru Todea (1912), Emil Boc (1966), and Sándor Végh (1912). After him are Gheorghe Apostol (1913), George Coșbuc (1866), Teodor Axentowicz (1859), Ion Gigurtu (1886), Barbu Catargiu (1807), and Viorica Dăncilă (1963).

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Among INVENTORS In Romania

Among inventors born in Romania, Petrache Poenaru ranks 4. Before him are Henri Coandă (1886), Orban (1404), and Traian Vuia (1872).

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