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Étienne-Jules Marey

1830 - 1904

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Étienne-Jules Marey (French: [etjɛn ʒyl maʁɛ]; 5 March 1830, Beaune, Côte-d'Or – 15 May 1904, Paris) was a French scientist, physiologist and chronophotographer. His work was significant in the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, aviation, cinematography and the science of laboratory photography. He is widely considered to be a pioneer of photography and an influential pioneer of the history of cinema. He was also a pioneer in establishing a variety of graphical techniques for the display and interpretation of quantitative data from physiological measurement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne-Jules Marey is the 106th most popular inventor (down from 92nd in 2019), the 1,259th most popular biography from France (down from 1,089th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Inventor.

Étienne-Jules Marey is most famous for his work in the field of human and animal locomotion. He is credited with the invention of the chronophotographic gun, which he used to study the movements of animals and humans.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 106 out of 426. Before him are Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Richard Arkwright, Elisha Otis, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Kōnosuke Matsushita, and Henry Bessemer. After him are Orban, Walter Hunt, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Vladimir K. Zworykin, William Webb Ellis, and Johann Philipp Reis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 19. Before him are Julius Lothar Meyer, Eadweard Muybridge, Hans von Bülow, Louise Michel, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, and Élisée Reclus. After him are Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Albert Günther, Karl Goldmark, Oliver Otis Howard, Jules de Goncourt, and Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges. Among people deceased in 1904, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 23. Before him are Stepan Makarov, Paul Kruger, George, King of Saxony, Émile Gallé, Lafcadio Hearn, and Eduard Hanslick. After him are Vladimir Markovnikov, Sami Frashëri, Norodom of Cambodia, Mathilde Bonaparte, Alfred von Waldersee, and Georges Gilles de la Tourette.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 1,259 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Trenet (1913), Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1460), Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (1435), Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (1930), Antipope Gregory VIII (1100), and Pierre Cauchon (1371). After him are René Thom (1923), Franck Ribéry (1983), Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1655), Margaret I, Countess of Flanders (1145), Joël Robuchon (1945), and Jules Ferry (1832).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Étienne-Jules Marey ranks 16. Before him are Louis Renault (1877), Claude Chappe (1763), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), Alphonse Bertillon (1853), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), and Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844). After him are Clément Ader (1841), André Michelin (1853), Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817), Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Louis Le Prince (1841), and Henri Giffard (1825).

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