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Elihu Thomson

1853 - 1937

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Elihu Thomson (March 29, 1853 – March 13, 1937) was an American engineer and inventor who was instrumental in the founding of major electrical companies in the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elihu Thomson has received more than 271,735 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Elihu Thomson is the 230th most popular inventor (down from 224th in 2019), the 2,016th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,021st in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Inventor.

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  • 270k

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  • 52.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Elihu Thomson ranks 230 out of 354. Before him are Laurens Hammond, Marcian Hoff, Ruth Handler, Ricardo Wolf, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and Ottomar Anschütz. After him are Lucien Olivier, Artur Fischer, Genrich Altshuller, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, and Eugen Langen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Elihu Thomson ranks 52. Before him are Francesco Filippini, Frank Dicksee, Higaonna Kanryō, André Messager, Nikolai Kibalchich, and Antonio Maura. After him are Teresa Carreño, John Wesley Hardin, Hans von Koessler, Howard Pyle, Laurits Tuxen, and Ernst Otto Beckmann. Among people deceased in 1937, Elihu Thomson ranks 76. Before him are Ikki Kita, Lev Karakhan, Bekir Çoban-zade, Karel Kramář, Richard Boleslawski, and Eero Järnefelt. After him are Muslim Magomayev, Jenő Hubay, Peljidiin Genden, Máté Zalka, Otto Hölder, and Jaan Anvelt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elihu Thomson ranks 2,016 out of 7,765. Before him are Chris Bristow (1937), Tony Brooks (1932), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Jane Morris (1839), Ken Robinson (1950), and Edward Colston (1636). After him are Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Donald Crisp (1882), Eddie Irvine (1965), Hugh Dowding (1882), William Speirs Bruce (1867), and Charlie Hunnam (1980).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Elihu Thomson ranks 36. Before him are William Murdoch (1754), John Kemp Starley (1854), Oliver Lodge (1851), Henry Maudslay (1771), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), and Frederick Scott Archer (1813). After him are James Dyson (1947), Joseph Whitworth (1803), Alexander Parkes (1813), Samuel Morland (1625), James Nasmyth (1808), and Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833).

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