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Édouard Branly

1844 - 1940

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Édouard Eugène Désiré Branly (, BRAN-lee; French: [edwaʁ bʁɑ̃li]; 23 October 1844 – 24 March 1940) was a French physicist and inventor known for his early involvement in wireless telegraphy and his invention of the coherer in 1890. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Édouard Branly is the 209th most popular inventor (down from 167th in 2019), the 2,780th most popular biography from France (down from 2,172nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Édouard Branly ranks 209 out of 426. Before him are Josip Belušić, Max Skladanowsky, Reginald Fessenden, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Royal Rife, and James Dyson. After him are Charles Xavier Thomas, Helmut Gröttrup, Lou Ottens, Yuan Longping, Ernst Alexanderson, and Slavoljub Eduard Penkala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Édouard Branly ranks 51. Before him are Eduard Strasburger, Anna Lea Merritt, Jenny Longuet, Joshua Slocum, Lujo Brentano, and Wilhelm Leibl. After him are Gyula Benczúr, Princess Françoise of Orléans, Carl Hagenbeck, Catherine Breshkovsky, Ivan Yarkovsky, and Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Among people deceased in 1940, Édouard Branly ranks 84. Before him are Alfred Fowler, Udham Singh, K. B. Hedgewar, Madeleine Astor, Cai Yuanpei, and Arthur Rostron. After him are Yevhen Petrushevych, Gaston Billotte, Ben Turpin, Henri Desgrange, Ernst Weiss, and Gjergj Fishta.

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In France

Among people born in France, Édouard Branly ranks 2,780 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean d'Ormesson (1925), Wilhelm Falley (1897), Charles Rogier (1800), Claude Rich (1929), Musidora (1889), and Albert Vanhoye (1923). After him are Louis Billot (1846), Juliette Drouet (1806), Paul Veyne (1930), André Cayatte (1909), Michel Sardou (1947), and Jean-François Dandrieu (1682).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Édouard Branly ranks 28. Before him are Henri Giffard (1825), Joseph Monier (1823), Guillaume Amontons (1663), Charles Cros (1842), Émile Baudot (1845), and Georges Claude (1870). After him are Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), Wan Hu (1510), Georges Hébert (1875), François Isaac de Rivaz (1752), Alphonse Beau de Rochas (1815), and Henri Fabre (1882).

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