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Alexander Bain

1810 - 1877

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Alexander Bain (12 October 1810 – 2 January 1877) was a Scottish inventor and engineer who was first to invent and patent the electric clock. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Bain has received more than 157,648 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Bain is the 305th most popular inventor, the 3,125th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 52nd most popular British Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Alexander Bain ranks 305 out of 426. Before him are Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, William Justin Kroll, Wilhelm Bauer, Max Valier, André Blondel, and Marion Donovan. After him are Paul von Jankó, David Bushnell, Dan Bricklin, Ken Olsen, Jack Northrop, and Wilson Greatbatch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Alexander Bain ranks 74. Before him are Philip Henry Gosse, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Eliza McCardle Johnson, Fritz Reuter, Félicien David, and William Froude. After him are Baron Ignaz von Plener, Paul Kane, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, Johan August Wahlberg, Louis Fraser, and Little Crow. Among people deceased in 1877, Alexander Bain ranks 51. Before him are Caroline Unger, Fernán Caballero, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Jung Bahadur Rana, Georg Adolf Erman, and Janko Matúška. After him are Julius Rietz, Robert Swinhoe, Juan Bautista Gill, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Alexander Brullov, and Ramón Cabrera, 1st Duke of Maestrazgo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Bain ranks 3,125 out of 8,785. Before him are John Lennox (1943), Everard Home (1756), William Nicholson (1753), Anton Lesser (1952), William Froude (1810), and Ben Barnes (1981). After him are Antonio Pappano (1959), Rory McCann (1969), Brian O'Nolan (1911), M. R. James (1862), Thomas Bewick (1753), and Geoff Downes (1952).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Alexander Bain ranks 52. Before him are John Barnard (1946), Joseph Aspdin (1778), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), Rowland Hill (1795), George Graham (1673), and Henry Shrapnel (1761). After him are Thomas Wedgwood (1771), John Wilkinson (1728), David Dunbar Buick (1854), Joseph Bramah (1748), Robert Whitehead (1823), and John Milne (1850).

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