René Alphonse Higonnet was a French engineer and inventor born on April 5, 1902. He is best known for co-developing the phototypesetting process with Louis Moyroud, a significant innovation that enabled the printing of text and images on paper using a photoengraving technique. This advancement rendered traditional methods of publishing, particularly hot metal typesetting, obsolete. Higonnet's contributions have had a lasting impact on the printing and publishing industries. He passed away on October 13, 1983.
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Meaning of the name - Rene
reborn, again
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Rene Alphonse Higonnet belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Valence
Place of Death: Montreux
Educated At: Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences | Carleton College | Harvard University
Occupation: engineer
Awards Received: John Price Wetherill Medal | National Inventors Hall of Fame
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Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for April 5, 1902
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on April 5, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for April 5, 2026 |
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| Sun | 14 Aries 45 | 15 Aries 42 | 14 Leo 1 |
| Moon | 4 Pisces 15 | 24 Scorpio 4 | 1 Libra 31 |
| Mercury | 23 Pisces 25 | 18 Pisces 0 | 9 Leo 29 |
| Venus | 0 Pisces 31 | 7 Taurus 10 | 15 Cancer 11 |
| Mars | 13 Aries 21 | 26 Pisces 37 | 11 Cancer 50 |
| Jupiter | 11 Aquarius 30 | 16 Cancer 7 | 11 Aquarius 44 |
| Saturn | 27 Capricorn 25 | 6 Aries 0 | 23 Capricorn 34 |
| Uranus | 21 Sagittarius 12 | 28 Taurus 58 | 17 Sagittarius 23 |
| Neptune | 28 Gemini 52 | 2 Aries 22 | 2 Cancer 45 |
| Pluto | 16 Gemini 54 | 5 Aquarius 17 | 19 Gemini 22 |
| Rahu | 5 Scorpio 29 | 7 Pisces 9 | 28 Libra 55 |
| Ketu | 5 Taurus 29 | 7 Virgo 9 | 28 Aries 55 |
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