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Honoré Blanc
French engineer · France · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1736 to 1802 · aged 66
Honoré Blanc (1736-1801) was a French gunsmith and a pioneer of the use of interchangeable parts. He was born in Avignon in 1736 and apprenticed to the gun-making trade at the age of twelve.
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His career spanned the decades from circa 1750 to 1801, a time period that included the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI, the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the French First Republic.
Country
France
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1736 to 1802 · aged 66
