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Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt

1240 - 1300

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Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (Latin), Pierre Pelerin de Maricourt (French), or Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt (fl. 1269), was a French mathematician, physicist, and writer who conducted experiments on magnetism and wrote the first extant treatise describing the properties of magnets. His work is particularly noted for containing the earliest detailed discussion of freely pivoting compass needles, a fundamental component of the dry compass soon to appear in medieval navigation. He also wrote a treatise on the construction and use of a universal astrolabe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt is the 93rd most popular engineer (down from 71st in 2019), the 1,961st most popular biography from France (down from 1,527th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt ranks 93 out of 389. Before him are Nicola Romeo, Jack Swigert, Charles Rolls, Vannevar Bush, Patrick Head, and Karl von Terzaghi. After him are Robert Stephenson, George Cayley, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Vasily Degtyaryov, Paul Cornu, and Hans Ledwinka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1240, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt ranks 17. Before him are Magnus III of Sweden, Elizabeth the Cuman, Konstantin Tih, Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, Jean de Meun, and Emperor Duzong. After him are Theodora Palaiologina, Andronikos II of Trebizond, John I Doukas of Thessaly, Butigeidis, Daumantas of Pskov, and Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1300, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt ranks 6. Before him are Halime Hatun, Nogai Khan, Marie de France, Guido Cavalcanti, and Baiju. After him are Trần Hưng Đạo, Maria Palaiologina, Anonymus, Roy Mata, Chaka of Bulgaria, and Liang Kai.

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In France

Among people born in France, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt ranks 1,961 out of 6,770. Before him are Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle (1712), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), William Clito (1102), Gaston, Count of Eu (1842), Bernard Kouchner (1939), and Jaufre Rudel (1125). After him are Thierry Mugler (1948), Edward, Count of Savoy (1284), Maurice de Broglie (1875), Odilo of Cluny (961), Colette of Corbie (1381), and Pierre Soulages (1919).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt ranks 9. Before him are Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633), André Citroën (1878), Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Marcel Dassault (1892), Marcel Renault (1872), and Henri Farman (1874). After him are Paul Cornu (1881), André Courrèges (1923), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Henry Darcy (1803), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), and Alexandre Darracq (1855).

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