# Philippe de Girard

> Philippe Henri de Girard was a French engineer and inventor of the first flax spinning frame in 1810, and the person after whom the town of Żyrardów in Poland was named. He was also the uncredited inventor of food preservation using tin cans.

*French engineer and inventor (1775–1845)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/philippe-de-girard

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1775-02-01
- **Died:** 1845-08-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Philippe de Girard](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard)
- [فيليب دي جيرارد](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF)
- [Philippe de Girard](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard)
- [Philippe de Girard](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard)
- [Philippe Henri de Girard](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Henri_de_Girard)
- [Philippe de Girard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard)
- [Philippe de Girard](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard)
- [Philippe de Girard](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard)
- [Philippe de Girard](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard)
- [Жирар, Филипп Анри](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719494)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/philippe-de-girard