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Zénobe Gramme

1826 - 1901

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Zénobe Théophile Gramme (French pronunciation: [zenɔb teɔfil ɡʁam]; 4 April 1826 – 20 January 1901) was a Belgian electrical engineer. He was born at Jehay-Bodegnée on 4 April 1826, the sixth child of Mathieu-Joseph Gramme, and died at Bois-Colombes on 20 January 1901. He invented the Gramme machine, a type of direct current dynamo capable of generating smoother (less AC) and much higher voltages than the dynamos known to that point. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zénobe Gramme is the 137th most popular inventor (down from 135th in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 187th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Inventor.

Zénobe Gramme is most famous for his invention of the Gramme machine. This machine is a generator that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Zénobe Gramme ranks 137 out of 426. Before him are Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, W. O. Bentley, Percy Spencer, Elisha Gray, Josef Ressel, and Hugo Schmeisser. After him are Elias Howe, Mary the Jewess, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Taiichi Ohno, Louis Le Prince, and Cornelis Drebbel.

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Among people born in 1826, Zénobe Gramme ranks 16. Before him are Armand David, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Alexander Afanasyev, and Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Spotted Elk, Adolf Bastian, Karl von Piloty, William Waddington, George Johnstone Stoney, and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1901, Zénobe Gramme ranks 24. Before him are Peter Tait, Adolf Eugen Fick, Gaetano Bresci, Francesco Crispi, Elisha Gray, and Josef Rheinberger. After him are Paul Rée, Nikolaos Gyzis, Frederic W. H. Myers, François-Marie Raoult, Shō Tai, and Max Joseph von Pettenkofer.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Zénobe Gramme ranks 196 out of 1,190. Before him are Alexander Agricola (1446), Lara Fabian (1970), Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735), The Singing Nun (1933), Clara Peeters (1594), and Raymond Goethals (1921). After him are Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573), Victor Serge (1890), Jan Ceulemans (1957), and Hugo Claus (1929).

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Among INVENTORS In Belgium

Among inventors born in Belgium, Zénobe Gramme ranks 5. Before him are Adolphe Sax (1814), Étienne Lenoir (1822), Jacques Piccard (1922), and Paul Otlet (1868). After him are Robert Cailliau (1947), and George Washington (1871).

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