# Claude Chappe

> Claude Chappe was a French inventor who in 1792 demonstrated a practical semaphore system that eventually spanned all of France. His system consisted of a series of towers, each within line of sight of others, each supporting a wooden mast with two crossarms on pivots that could be placed in various positions. The operator in a tower moved the arms to a sequence of positions, spelling out text messages in semaphore code. The operator in the next tower read the message through a telescope, then passed it on to the next tower. This was the first practical telecommunications system of the industrial age, and was used until the 1850s when electric telegraph systems replaced it.

*French inventor*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/claude-chappe

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1763-12-25
- **Died:** 1805-01-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.0 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 21.0 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Claude Chappe](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [كلود شاب](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8)
- [Klod Şapp](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klod_%C5%9Eapp)
- [Клод Шап](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BF)
- [Claude Chappe](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [Шапп, Клод](https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BF%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4)
- [Claude Chappe](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [Claude Chappe](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [Κλωντ Σαπ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BB%CF%89%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CF%80)
- [Claude Chappe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [Claude Chappe](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [Claude Chappe](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [کلود کپه](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D9%BE%D9%87)
- [Claude Chappe](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [Claude Chappe](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [Claude Chappe](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [Կլոդ Շապպ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%A4_%D5%87%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%BA)
- [Claude Chappe](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [Claude Chappe](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [クロード・シャップ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%97)
- [클로드 샤프](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%B4%EB%A1%9C%EB%93%9C_%EC%83%A4%ED%94%84)
- [Claude Chappe](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
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- [Claude Chappe](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [Claude Chappe](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361305)

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