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INVENTOR

Antonio Meucci

1808 - 1889

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Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci ( may-OO-chee, Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo meˈuttʃi]; 13 April 1808 – 18 October 1889) was an Italian inventor and an associate of Giuseppe Garibaldi, a major political figure in the history of Italy. Meucci is best known for developing a voice-communication apparatus that several sources credit as the first telephone. Meucci set up a form of voice-communication link in his Staten Island, New York, home that connected the second-floor bedroom to his laboratory. He submitted a patent caveat for his telephonic device to the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio Meucci has received more than 1,281,195 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Antonio Meucci is the 25th most popular inventor (down from 22nd in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from Italy (down from 275th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Inventor.

Antonio Meucci is most famous for inventing the telephone.

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  • 71.10

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  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Antonio Meucci ranks 25 out of 354. Before him are Nicéphore Niépce, John Logie Baird, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Samuel Colt, Charles K. Kao, and Thomas Newcomen. After him are Werner von Siemens, James Naismith, Steve Wozniak, Denis Papin, Ernő Rubik, and Bartolomeo Cristofori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Antonio Meucci ranks 3. Before him are Napoleon III and Honoré Daumier. After him are Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Andrew Johnson, Patrice de MacMahon, Jefferson Davis, Emir Abdelkader, Frederick VII of Denmark, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Thomas Cook, and Gérard de Nerval. Among people deceased in 1889, Antonio Meucci ranks 3. Before him are James Prescott Joule and Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria. After him are Baroness Mary Vetsera, Jefferson Davis, Alexandre Cabanel, Father Damien, Luís I of Portugal, Mihai Eminescu, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, and Charles III, Prince of Monaco.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Antonio Meucci ranks 324 out of 4,668. Before him are Vittore Carpaccio (1465), Pope Celestine I (400), Pope Gelasius II (1062), Christine de Pizan (1365), Nino Rota (1911), and Umberto I of Italy (1844). After him are Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696), Duccio (1255), Pope Sylvester III (1000), Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378), Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), and Geta (189).

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Among INVENTORS In Italy

Among inventors born in Italy, Antonio Meucci ranks 3. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci (1452) and Guglielmo Marconi (1874). After him are Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655), Johann Maria Farina (1685), Ottaviano Petrucci (1466), Max Valier (1895), and Andrew Viterbi (1935).

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