INVENTOR

Edward Craven Walker

1918 - 2000

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Edward Craven Walker (4 July 1918 – 15 August 2000) was a British inventor, who invented the psychedelic Astro lamp, also known as the lava lamp. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Craven Walker has received more than 153,619 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Craven Walker is the 354th most popular inventor (down from 353rd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Singapore (down from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Singaporean Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Edward Craven Walker ranks 354 out of 426. Before him are John Fitch, Oliver Evans, Charles Darrow, Robert Whitehead, Jerry Lawson, and Frank J. Sprague. After him are Peter Madsen, Almon Brown Strowger, Kazimierz Prószyński, František Křižík, George Stibitz, and John Milne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Edward Craven Walker ranks 241. Before him are Enrique Tierno Galván, Luciano Emmer, Artur Brauner, Horacio Casarín, Spike Milligan, and Marcelo González Martín. After him are Jorge Illueca, Giovanni Cheli, Max de Terra, Richard Hoggart, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, and Jopie Selbach. Among people deceased in 2000, Edward Craven Walker ranks 248. Before him are Patricia Jones, Kenneth Lee Pike, Noor Jehan, Alexandros Nikolopoulos, Curt Siodmak, and Marc Davis. After him are Enric Miralles, Julius J. Epstein, Brandãozinho, Erich Borchmeyer, Vladimir Bagirov, and George Koltanowski.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Edward Craven Walker ranks 19 out of 42. Before him are Ho Ching (1953), Julia Nickson (1958), Benjamin Sheares (1907), Ong Teng Cheong (1936), Leslie Charteris (1907), and Terry Butcher (1958). After him are Abu Bakar of Johor (1833), Fann Wong (1971), Annabel Chong (1972), Jackson Rathbone (1984), Kygo (1991), and David Marshall (1908).

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Among INVENTORS In Singapore

Among inventors born in Singapore, Edward Craven Walker ranks 1. 

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