François Isaac de Rivaz
French-Swiss inventor and politician
François Isaac de Rivaz was a French-born Swiss inventor and a politician. He invented a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine with electric ignition and described it in a French patent published in 1807. Wikipedia
Born: December 19, 1752, Paris, France
Died: July 30, 1828 (age 75 years), Sion, Switzerland
Nationality: French and Swiss
Parents: Pierre de Rivaz