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Arthur Wynne

1871 - 1945

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Arthur Wynne (June 22, 1871 – January 14, 1945) was the British-born inventor of the modern crossword puzzle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Wynne has received more than 160,952 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Wynne is the 340th most popular inventor (down from 263rd in 2019), the 3,905th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,503rd in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Arthur Wynne ranks 340 out of 354. Before her are George Graham, George Stibitz, Hary Gunarto, Bill Atkinson, John Shepherd-Barron, and Dan Bricklin. After her are Patricia Bath, Yvonne Brill, Gary Fisher, Kamil Tolon, Granville Woods, and Kazimierz Prószyński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Arthur Wynne ranks 129. Before her are Bodil Katharine Biørn, Manuel Franco, Walter Breisky, Boris Galerkin, Theodor Pallady, and Jean-Baptiste Mimiague. After her are Lars Jørgen Madsen, Oliver Campbell, Nikodem Caro, Johan Anker, Joe Roberts, and Max Bodenstein. Among people deceased in 1945, Arthur Wynne ranks 277. Before her are Richárd Weisz, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Charles W. Gilmore, Adolf Bartels, Stefan Mazurkiewicz, and Giovanni Palatucci. After her are Sigurður Eggerz, Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, John Bray, Kazimierz Prószyński, Charles Sands, and Dorothea Köring.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Wynne ranks 3,905 out of 7,765. Before her are Graham Swift (1949), Henry Daniell (1894), Paula Yates (1959), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Aynsley Dunbar (1946), and W. D. Ross (1877). After her are Freddie Francis (1917), Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932), Michael Ruse (1940), Aaron Ramsey (1990), Joseph Thomson (1858), and Antonia Thomas (1986).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Arthur Wynne ranks 58. Before her are Isaac Pitman (1813), Harry Brearley (1871), Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835), Henry Shrapnel (1761), Barnes Wallis (1887), and George Graham (1673). After her are John Whitehurst (1713), Roger C. Field (1945), and Lawrence Hargrave (1850).

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