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David Dunbar Buick

1854 - 1929

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David Dunbar Buick (September 17, 1854 – March 5, 1929) was a Scottish-born American inventor, widely known for founding the Buick Motor Company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Dunbar Buick has received more than 320,824 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). David Dunbar Buick is the 301st most popular inventor (down from 289th in 2019), the 3,115th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,946th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Inventor.

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  • 320k

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  • 47.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, David Dunbar Buick ranks 301 out of 354. Before him are Joseph Bramah, Harry Ferguson, Henry M. Leland, Max Valier, Henry J. Kaiser, and Whitcomb L. Judson. After him are Jacob Ellehammer, Ivan Polzunov, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Lynn Conway, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., and John Fitch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, David Dunbar Buick ranks 83. Before him are Giovanni Battista Grassi, Alexandru Macedonski, Johan Turi, Joan Alcover, Nikolai Ruzsky, and Alexandru Marghiloman. After him are Hermann von Stein, Georges Eekhoud, Niels Neergaard, Adela Zamudio, Germán Riesco, and Napoleon Cybulski. Among people deceased in 1929, David Dunbar Buick ranks 99. Before him are Hans Meyer, Arno Holz, Robert Henri, Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, Georges Courteline, and Sadhu Sundar Singh. After him are Henry Scott Tuke, Rudolf Kittel, Carlo Airoldi, Jozef Murgaš, Julian Fałat, and Olav Aukrust.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Dunbar Buick ranks 3,115 out of 7,765. Before him are Ernest Starling (1866), Frank Wild (1873), Tanith Lee (1947), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Janet Baker (1933), and Jason Bonham (1966). After him are David Sylvian (1958), Steve Bloomer (1874), Richard Cobden (1804), Verney Lovett Cameron (1844), Joe Jackson (1954), and John Houlding (1833).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, David Dunbar Buick ranks 49. Before him are Joseph Aspdin (1778), John Wilkinson (1728), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Rowland Hill (1795), John Barnard (1946), and Joseph Bramah (1748). After him are Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), William Friese-Greene (1855), Isaac Pitman (1813), Harry Brearley (1871), Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835), and Henry Shrapnel (1761).

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