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Elihu Thomson

1853 - 1937

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Elihu Thomson (March 29, 1853 – March 13, 1937) was an English-born 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 269,736 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Elihu Thomson is the 168th most popular inventor (up from 230th in 2019), the 1,464th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,011th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Elihu Thomsons by language

Over the past year Elihu Thomson has had the most page views in the with 20,558 views, followed by French (3,545), and Russian (3,282). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Silesian (62.43%), Malagasy (54.68%), and Persian (36.05%)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Elihu Thomson ranks 168 out of 426. Before him are Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Royal Rife, Angelo Moriondo, Lucien Olivier, Siegfried Marcus, and Édouard Branly. After him are Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, Guillaume Amontons, Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, Reginald Fessenden, Charles Cros, and Matthew Boulton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Elihu Thomson ranks 40. Before him are Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Fritz von Below, Vladimir Shukhov, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, and Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro. After him are Roberto Ferruzzi, Damat Ferid Pasha, Pierre Paul Émile Roux, Alexius Meinong, Nikolai Kibalchich, and Sarada Devi. Among people deceased in 1937, Elihu Thomson ranks 61. Before him are Akhmet Baitursynov, Mélanie Bonis, Max von Gallwitz, Ahmed Izzet Pasha, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, and Iona Yakir. After him are Ida Dalser, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Horacio Quiroga, Evgeny Pashukanis, Alexander Shliapnikov, and Philip de László.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elihu Thomson ranks 1,464 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Hodgkin (1798), Thomas Addison (1793), Claire Bloom (1931), Simon Stock (1164), David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961), and Sean Harris (1966). After him are Robert Stephenson (1803), Thomas Wyatt (1503), J. Lee Thompson (1914), David Garrick (1717), Edward Young (1683), and John Graunt (1620).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Elihu Thomson ranks 25. Before him are Samuel Crompton (1753), W. O. Bentley (1888), John Kay (1704), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), Robert Stirling (1790), and William Murdoch (1754). After him are Matthew Boulton (1728), James Dyson (1947), Sandford Fleming (1827), Jethro Tull (1674), David Edward Hughes (1831), and Henry Maudslay (1771).

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