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Bette Nesmith Graham

1924 - 1980

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Bette Nesmith Graham (March 23, 1924 – May 12, 1980) was an American typist, commercial artist, and the inventor of the correction fluid Liquid Paper. Born as Bette Clair McMurry , she married Warren Nesmith at the age of 19 and became the mother of the musician and producer Michael Nesmith, who later became the guitarist of The Monkees. After Warren Nesmith returned from serving in World War II, the couple divorced, leaving Bette to raise Michael as a single mother. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bette Nesmith Graham has received more than 767,233 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Bette Nesmith Graham is the 396th most popular inventor (down from 362nd in 2019), the 9,445th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,229th in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

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  • 3.49

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Bette Nesmith Graham ranks 396 out of 426. Before her are Robin Li, Bill Atkinson, Gary Fisher, George Beauchamp, Dean Kamen, and Granville Woods. After her are Yvonne Brill, Walter Frederick Morrison, John Whitehurst, Arnold Orville Beckman, Peter Cooper, and Arthur Fry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Bette Nesmith Graham ranks 436. Before her are Thomas Berger, Lennart Magnusson, Norman Fell, William Russell, Jocelyne LaGarde, and Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles. After her are Lev Kulidzhanov, Mary Ford, Norman Alden, Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Sofía Ímber, and Ragnar Lundberg. Among people deceased in 1980, Bette Nesmith Graham ranks 270. Before her are David Marr, Domingo Acedo, Dick Haymes, Walter Rodney, William Hood Simpson, and Ahmet Berman. After her are Dorothy Stratten, Nelson López, Zakaria Chihab, John Kotelawala, Nikolay Bogolyubov, and John McEwen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bette Nesmith Graham ranks 9,445 out of 20,380. Before her are Granville Woods (1856), Steven Bochco (1943), Grant Imahara (1970), Bruce Alberts (1938), Naomi Novik (1973), and Debbie Meyer (1952). After her are Benjamin Harrison V (1726), Janis Paige (1922), Burn Gorman (1974), Edward Lachman (1948), David Ray Griffin (1939), and Bob Avakian (1943).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Bette Nesmith Graham ranks 113. Before her are Mark Rober (1980), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), Gary Fisher (1950), George Beauchamp (1899), Dean Kamen (1951), and Granville Woods (1856). After her are Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Peter Cooper (1791), Arthur Fry (1931), Charles F. Kettering (1958), and Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922).

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