Charles Joseph Minard
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Charles Joseph Minard was a French civil engineer recognized for his significant contribution in the field of information graphics in civil engineering and statistics. Minard was, among other things, noted for his representation of numerical data on geographic maps, especially his flow maps.
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![Charles Minard's map of Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812. The graphic is notable for its representation in two dimensions of six types of data: the number of Napoleon's troops; distance; temperature; the latitude and longitude; direction of travel; and location relative to specific dates.[5] Statistician professor Edward Tufte described the graphic as what "may well be the best statistical graphic ever drawn".[5]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Minard.png/1280px-Minard.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Charles Minard's map of Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812. The graphic is notable for its representation in two dimensions of six types of data: the number of Napoleon's troops; distance; temperature; the latitude and longitude; direction of travel; and location relative to specific dates.[5] Statistician professor Edward Tufte described the graphic as what "may well be the best statistical graphic ever drawn".[5]
Eugène Rouher painted by Alexandre Cabanel, ca. 1861. A map by Charles Joseph Minard is draped over the chair in the background.Awards 1
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FranceCategory
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1781 to 1870 · aged 89
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