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Colin Archer

1832 - 1921

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Colin Archer (22 July 1832 – 8 February 1921) was a Norwegian naval architect and shipbuilder known for his seaworthy pilot and rescue boats and the larger sailing and polar ships. His most famous ship is the Fram, used for both Fridtjof Nansen's and Roald Amundsen's polar expeditions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Archer has received more than 123,035 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Colin Archer is the 268th most popular inventor (down from 254th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Norway (down from 169th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Colin Archer ranks 268 out of 426. Before him are Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Frederick Scott Archer, Harry Brearley, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Louis Lumière, and Walter Clopton Wingfield. After him are François Isaac de Rivaz, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Glenn Curtiss, Adolf Martens, Cyrus McCormick, and Sven Gustaf Wingqvist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Colin Archer ranks 60. Before him are Mary Ann Cotton, Carl Neumann, Edwin Arnold, Leslie Stephen, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, and Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino. After him are Pavel Chistyakov, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Sergey Botkin, Miroslav Tyrš, Max Lange, and Mary Edwards Walker. Among people deceased in 1921, Colin Archer ranks 84. Before him are Déodat de Séverac, Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, Andrea Carlo Ferrari, August Nilsson, Max Noether, and François Hennebique. After him are José Miguel Gómez, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Yosef Haim Brenner, Sándor Wekerle, Alexandre Michon, and Dimitrios Rallis.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Colin Archer ranks 226 out of 1,039. Before him are Harald Sæverud (1897), Roald Aas (1928), Thoralf Skolem (1887), Helge Ingstad (1899), Kirsti Sparboe (1946), and Johan Herman Wessel (1742). After him are Erling Skakke (1115), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Johan Turi (1854), Harald Grønningen (1934), Wenche Myhre (1947), and Alf-Inge Håland (1972).

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Among INVENTORS In Norway

Among inventors born in Norway, Colin Archer ranks 1. After him are Johan Vaaler (1866).

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