INVENTOR

David Schwarz

1850 - 1897

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David Schwarz (Hungarian: Schwarz Dávid; Croatian: David Švarc, pronounced [dǎʋit ʃʋârt͡s]; 20 December 1850 – 13 January 1897) was a Hungarian aviation pioneer. He is known for creating an airship with a rigid envelope made entirely of metal. Schwarz died only months before the airship was flown. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Schwarz has received more than 9,691 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). David Schwarz is the 200th most popular inventor (up from 239th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 285th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Inventor.

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  • 18

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  • 7.14

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  • 1.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, David Schwarz ranks 200 out of 426. Before him are Charles Xavier Thomas, David Edward Hughes, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Oskar Barnack, Eunice Newton Foote, and Émile Baudot. After him are Raymond Damadian, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Henry Maudslay, Narcís Monturiol, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, and Melvil Dewey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, David Schwarz ranks 42. Before him are Zdeněk Fibich, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Hans Hartwig von Beseler, Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, Alexander von Linsingen, and John Collier. After him are Kate Chopin, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Jean-François Raffaëlli, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Kiyoura Keigo, and Pablo Iglesias Posse. Among people deceased in 1897, David Schwarz ranks 32. Before him are Khurshidbanu Natavan, Henry George, Alexei Savrasov, Minna Canth, Léon Boëllmann, and Viktor Meyer. After him are Antonio Bazzini, Fritz Müller, George Pullman, Julius von Sachs, Panteleimon Kulish, and Charles-Denis Bourbaki.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, David Schwarz ranks 253 out of 1,077. Before him are Rosika Schwimmer (1877), Arpad Elo (1903), Eugene Ormandy (1899), Nicolaus Olahus (1493), Lajos Portisch (1937), and Ferenc Plattkó (1898). After him are Anton Bernolák (1762), Antal Doráti (1906), Frigyes Karinthy (1887), Jenő Hubay (1858), László Bárdossy (1890), and László Csatáry (1915).

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Among INVENTORS In Hungary

Among inventors born in Hungary, David Schwarz ranks 3. Before him are Ernő Rubik (1944), and László Bíró (1899). After him are Tivadar Puskás (1844), Ottó Bláthy (1860), Paul von Jankó (1856), Peter Carl Goldmark (1906), and Kálmán Kandó (1869).

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