Jean Jacques Émile Cheysson (

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, 18 May 1836 –

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, 7 February 1910) was a French engineer, designer of roads and bridges, and social reformer, who made a career as in industry and in the French administration. He has played an important role in the institutionalization of

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in France, and has published a series of graphic statistical albums for the French Ministry of Public Works, which are considered as extraordinary examples of

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.M. Friendly, A Brief History of Data Visualization. In Chun-houh Chen et al. ''Handbook of Data Visualization,'' 2007, p. 33 At the same time, he was a disciple of Frédéric Le Play and resumed sociological work and his monographic method. Cheysson was a graduate of the

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, where he graduated in 1854. Under Frédéric Le Play he participated in the organization of the Universal Exhibition of 1867. He was director of the Le Creusot factories in

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from 1871 to 1874, professor of political and social economics at the

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and professor of industrial economics at the

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, and then inspector general of Ponts et Chaussées.

Gallery

Expéditions de voyageurs et de marchandises.png, Expéditions de voyageurs et de marchandises, ''Album de statistique graphique'', 1884. Mouvement quinquennial de la population par département depuis 1801 jusqu'en 1881.png, Movement of population every five year by

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from 1801 to 1881. Comparaison du nombre des entrées des expositions universelles de 1867, 1878 et 1889.png, « Comparison of the number of visitors to

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in 1867, 1878, and 1889 », ''Album de statistique graphique'', 1889. Recettes brutes des théâtres et spectacles de Paris de 1878 à 1889.jpg, « Recettes brutes des théâtres et spectacles de Paris de 1878 à 1889 », ''Album de statistique graphique'', 1889. Accélération des voyages en France depuis 200 ans.png, « Accélération des voyages en France depuis 200 ans », ''Album de statistique graphique'', 1888. Mouvement des principales marchandises en France, par période quadriennale.png, « Mouvement des principales marchandises en France, par période quadriennale », ''Album de statistique graphique'', 1895-1896.

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Émile Cheysson (1836-1910)
at data.bnf.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheysson, Emile 1836 births 1910 deaths 19th-century French cartographers Data and information visualization experts People from Nîmes