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Benjamin Vulliamy

1747 - 1811

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Benjamin Vulliamy (1747 – 31 December 1811), was a British clockmaker responsible for building the Regulator Clock, which, between 1780 and 1884, was the main timekeeper of the King's Observatory Kew and the official regulator of time in London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Vulliamy has received more than 33,762 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Benjamin Vulliamy is the 516th most popular businessperson (down from 450th in 2019), the 4,083rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,768th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Benjamin Vulliamy ranks 516 out of 601Before him are Johan Anker, Lisa Su, Richard Hilton, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Shane McMahon, and Robert Trump. After him are Marvin Heemeyer, Richard DeVos, Joel Glazer, Kevin Systrom, Svend Foyn, and Francesc Xavier Bultó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, Benjamin Vulliamy ranks 21Before him are Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Grigory Shelikhov, Franz von Paula Schrank, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, and Eugenio Espejo. After him are György Bessenyei, Iolo Morganwg, Samuel Osgood, and Gunning Bedford Jr.. Among people deceased in 1811, Benjamin Vulliamy ranks 22Before him are Juan de Villanueva, Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Juan Aldama, Johann Beckmann, Ivan Osterman, and Christian Gotthilf Salzmann. After him are György Bessenyei, Thomas Percy, Samuel Chase, and Thomas Fitzsimons.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Vulliamy ranks 4,083 out of 7,765Before him are Luke Goss (1968), John Taylor (1960), Stephen Moyer (1969), Richard Eyre (1943), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674). After him are Saffron Burrows (1972), Roger Ascham (1515), Archie Panjabi (1972), Andy Mackay (1946), Kevin Whately (1951), and Shirley Manson (1966).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Vulliamy ranks 35Before him are Isabella Beeton (1836), Anita Roddick (1942), William McGregor (1846), Fred Karno (1866), David Richards (1952), and Christopher O'Neill (1974). After him are Allan Williams (1930), Steve Jackson (1951), Martin Whitmarsh (1958), Peter Hill-Wood (1936), Chris Anderson (1961), and Henry Tate (1819).