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Norbert Rillieux
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Norbert Rillieux was a male inventor, engineer, and scientist born in New Orleans in 1806. He was educated at École Centrale Paris and spoke French. Rillieux worked in the field of sugar manufacture and held citizenship in both the United States and France. He died in Paris in 1894 and is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Rillieux is recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection. He was the relative of Edgar Degas.
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Norbert Rillieux appears in Vinony's National Inventors Hall of Fame collection — one of 610 entries.
Within Vinony's link graph, Norbert Rillieux is referenced by 20 other articles, and connects out to Free people of color, Paris and Louisiana.
It is catalogued under topics including 1806 births, 1894 deaths and 19th-century African-American scientists.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Norbert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- scientist
- Educated at
- École Centrale Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- manufacture of sugar
- Image
- Norbert Rillieux.jpg
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- relative
- Edgar Degas
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1806-03-17
- date of death
- 1894-10-08
- Commons category
- Norbert Rillieux
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