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Elmer Ambrose Sperry

1860 - 1930

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Elmer Ambrose Sperry Sr. (October 12, 1860 – June 16, 1930) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, most famous for construction, two years after Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe, of the gyrocompass and as founder of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elmer Ambrose Sperry has received more than 150,217 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Elmer Ambrose Sperry is the 360th most popular inventor, the 9,218th most popular biography from United States and the 100th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 15

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  • 2.64

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Elmer Ambrose Sperry ranks 360 out of 354. Before him are Elizabeth Holmes, Charles Darrow, George Beauchamp, Arunachalam Muruganantham, Andy Bechtolsheim, and John Whitehurst. After him are Lewis Howard Latimer, Bette Nesmith Graham, Frank J. Sprague, Roger C. Field, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., and Charles Ammi Cutter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Elmer Ambrose Sperry ranks 130. Before him are Susanna M. Salter, Carlos José Solórzano, John Antoine Nau, Joseph Cook, Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, and Grigory Grum-Grshimailo. After him are Frank Morley, Leonard Wood, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, Lillian Russell, Chandramukhi Basu, and Gregorio Aglipay. Among people deceased in 1930, Elmer Ambrose Sperry ranks 111. Before him are Henri Jobier, Mary Harrison McKee, Eligio Ayala, Santeri Alkio, Peter Warlock, and Robert Hennet. After him are Milton Sills, Johnny Douglas, Robert Bridges, and Gauhar Jaan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elmer Ambrose Sperry ranks 9,218 out of 18,182. Before him are Maggie Siff (1974), Richard Arlen (1899), Beau Garrett (1982), John Hopfield (1933), Jeffrey Williams (1958), and Tracii Guns (1966). After him are Tom Mankiewicz (1942), Arthur Harnden (1924), Willis Augustus Lee (1888), Madge Bellamy (1899), Alberta Hunter (1895), and Kathryn Erbe (1965).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Elmer Ambrose Sperry ranks 100. Before him are Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884), Dean Kamen (1951), Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Charles Darrow (1889), and George Beauchamp (1899). After him are Lewis Howard Latimer (1848), Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), Frank J. Sprague (1857), Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), and Peter Cooper (1791).

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