1831 - 1900
David Edward Hughes (16 May 1830 – 22 January 1900), was a British-American inventor, practical experimenter, and professor of music known for his work on the printing telegraph and the microphone. He is generally considered to have been born in London but his family moved around that time so he may have been born in Corwen, Wales. His family moved to the U.S. while he was a child and he became a professor of music in Kentucky. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Edward Hughes has received more than 158,928 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). David Edward Hughes is the 167th most popular inventor (down from 148th in 2019), the 1,499th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,279th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Inventor.
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Among inventors, David Edward Hughes ranks 167 out of 354. Before him are Guillaume Amontons, Orban, Robert Cailliau, Edwin Howard Armstrong, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, and Charles Cros. After him are Siegfried Marcus, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Georges Claude, Shigeo Shingo, George Washington, and Ottaviano Petrucci.
1663 - 1705
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 161
1404 - 1453
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 162
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 163
1890 - 1954
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 164
1803 - 1877
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 165
1842 - 1888
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 166
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 167
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 168
1895 - 1936
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 169
1870 - 1960
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 170
1909 - 1990
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 171
1871 - 1946
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 172
1466 - 1539
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 173
Among people born in 1831, David Edward Hughes ranks 38. Before him are Peter Nicolai Arbo, Nadezhda von Meck, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Princess Helena of Nassau, and Maurice de Hirsch. After him are Siegfried Marcus, Philip Sheridan, Ankō Itosu, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, George Pullman, and Ludvig Nobel. Among people deceased in 1900, David Edward Hughes ranks 38. Before him are Samori Ture, Robert Luther, Vasily Kalinnikov, Joseph Bertrand, Eugenio Beltrami, and Mihály Munkácsy. After him are Pyotr Lavrov, Henry Sidgwick, Hermann Levi, Sergei Korsakoff, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and Elwin Bruno Christoffel.
1831 - 1892
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 32
1831 - 1894
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 33
1831 - 1893
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 34
1831 - 1904
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 35
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 36
1831 - 1896
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 37
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 38
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 39
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 40
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 41
1831 - 1855
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 42
1831 - 1897
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 43
1831 - 1888
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 44
1830 - 1900
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 32
1822 - 1900
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 33
1866 - 1900
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 34
1822 - 1900
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 35
1835 - 1900
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 36
1844 - 1900
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 37
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 38
1823 - 1900
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 39
1838 - 1900
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 40
1839 - 1900
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 41
1854 - 1900
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 42
1827 - 1900
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 43
1829 - 1900
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 44
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Edward Hughes ranks 1,499 out of 7,765. Before him are Oswald of Northumbria (604), William Jones (1675), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), Gareth Bale (1989), Norman Davies (1939), and Alan Baker (1939). After him are Sister Nivedita (1867), Alexander Cunningham (1814), Ciarán Hinds (1953), Dick Taylor (1943), John Martin (1789), and Sidney Paget (1860).
604 - 642
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,493
1675 - 1749
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 1,494
1773 - 1843
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 1,495
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 1,496
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,497
1939 - 2018
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 1,498
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,499
1867 - 1911
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 1,500
1814 - 1893
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 1,501
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 1,502
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 1,503
1789 - 1854
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 1,504
1860 - 1908
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 1,505
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, David Edward Hughes ranks 26. Before him are Samuel Crompton (1753), Clive Sinclair (1940), John Kay (1704), Robert Stirling (1790), Jethro Tull (1674), and Charles Algernon Parsons (1854). After him are Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Matthew Boulton (1728), Sandford Fleming (1827), William Murdoch (1754), John Kemp Starley (1854), and Oliver Lodge (1851).
1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 20
1940 - 2021
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 21
1704 - 1779
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 22
1790 - 1878
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 23
1674 - 1741
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 24
1854 - 1931
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 25
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 26
1871 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 27
1728 - 1809
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 28
1827 - 1915
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 29
1754 - 1839
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 30
1854 - 1901
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 31
1851 - 1940
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 32