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Pierre Berthier

1782 - 1861

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Pierre Berthier (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ bɛʁtje]; 3 July 1782, Nemours, Seine-et-Marne – 24 August 1861) was a French geologist and mining engineer. Pierre Berthier was born in Nemours. After studying at the École Polytechnique, he went to the École des Mines, where he became chief of the laboratory in 1816. In 1821, while working in the village of Les Baux-de-Provence, in southern France, he discovered the rock bauxite, named for the place of its discovery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Berthier is the 161st most popular engineer (down from 138th in 2019), the 3,009th most popular biography from France (down from 2,648th in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Pierre Berthier ranks 161 out of 389. Before him are Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Mstislav Keldysh, Anton Flettner, John Bagot Glubb, Alec Issigonis, and Ivan Yarkovsky. After him are Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Yaakov Ziv, Essam Sharaf, Aurel Vlaicu, John Hughes, and Hugo Eckener.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Pierre Berthier ranks 30. Before him are Esaias Tegnér, Georg August Goldfuss, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Robert Morrison, Conrad Graf, and Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony. After him are F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Anthimus VI of Constantinople, Alexander von Benckendorff, Pōmare II, and Orest Kiprensky. Among people deceased in 1861, Pierre Berthier ranks 37. Before him are Edward Dickinson Baker, Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, John Stevens Henslow, Joachim Lelewel, and Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov. After him are Gabriel Antonio Pereira, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Louis Niedermeyer, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Frédéric de Lafresnaye, and Albert Niemann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Berthier ranks 3,009 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques-Alain Miller (1944), Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria (1403), Henri Alekan (1909), Michel Blavet (1700), Guillaume Depardieu (1971), and Christian d'Oriola (1928). After him are Salomon, King of Brittany (900), Patrick Battiston (1957), Nicholas Rémy (1530), David Kimhi (1160), Claude Lefort (1924), and Oscar Cullmann (1902).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Pierre Berthier ranks 20. Before him are Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Alexandre Darracq (1855), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Georges Leclanché (1836), Marc Seguin (1786), and Gabriel Voisin (1880). After him are Antoine de Chézy (1718), Louis Charles Breguet (1880), Alphonse Pénaud (1850), Gérard Larrousse (1940), Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754), and Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609).

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