INVENTOR

Alexander Parkes

1813 - 1890

Photo of Alexander Parkes

Icon of person Alexander Parkes

Alexander Parkes (29 December 1813 – 29 June 1890) was a metallurgist and inventor from Birmingham, England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Parkes has received more than 224,363 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Alexander Parkes is the 227th most popular inventor (up from 242nd in 2019), the 2,071st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,151st in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Alexander Parkes ranks 227 out of 426. Before him are Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Vittorio Jano, George Pullman, Lou Ottens, Robert Watson-Watt, and Robert Ludvigovich Bartini. After him are Aurel Stodola, Marcian Hoff, Hubert Cecil Booth, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, and Ottmar Mergenthaler.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Alexander Parkes ranks 37. Before him are Pierre Alphonse Laurent, Agostino Depretis, Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, William Smith, and Adolph Kolping. After him are Thomas Andrews, Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, Carl Jaenisch, Charles Blanc, Jacob Georg Agardh, and Antonio García Gutiérrez. Among people deceased in 1890, Alexander Parkes ranks 37. Before him are Christopher Latham Sholes, Vasile Alecsandri, Ivan Mažuranić, Franz Lachner, Alexander Mozhaysky, and Ignaz von Döllinger. After him are James Nasmyth, William Gull, Octave Feuillet, Otto August Rosenberger, Marianne North, and Apollonie Sabatier.

Others Born in 1813

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1890

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Parkes ranks 2,071 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Butler (1692), Tom Courtenay (1937), Edward Balliol (1283), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Robert Holdstock (1948), and Steve Winwood (1948). After him are David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Josephine Tey (1896), Marion Chesney (1936), David Byrne (1952), Roderick Murchison (1792), and Frank Finlay (1926).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Alexander Parkes ranks 34. Before him are Sandford Fleming (1827), Jethro Tull (1674), David Edward Hughes (1831), Henry Maudslay (1771), Oliver Lodge (1851), and Robert Watson-Watt (1892). After him are Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Clive Sinclair (1940), John Kemp Starley (1854), Joseph Whitworth (1803), Abraham Darby I (1678), and James Nasmyth (1808).

British born Inventors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous