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Emil Škoda

1839 - 1900

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Emil Ritter von Škoda (Czech: Emil rytíř Škoda [ˈɛmɪl ˈrɪciːr̝̊ ˈʃkoda]; 18 November 1839 – 8 August 1900) was a Czech engineer and industrialist, founder of Škoda Works, the predecessor of today's Škoda Auto and Škoda Transportation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emil Škoda has received more than 129,127 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Emil Škoda is the 33rd most popular engineer (up from 44th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 119th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Engineer.

Emil Škoda was a Czech engineer and the founder of the Škoda Works, a large industrial company that was one of the largest arms manufacturers in the world during World War I. He is most famous for his work in engineering and manufacturing.

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  • 68.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Emil Škoda ranks 33 out of 389. Before him are Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Philo of Byzantium, Lennart Torstensson, Hermann Oberth, Albert Göring, and Theodore von Kármán. After him are Hugo Junkers, Villard de Honnecourt, Pavel Sukhoi, Felix Wankel, Ildefons Cerdà, and Ernst Heinkel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Emil Škoda ranks 13. Before him are Carol I of Romania, George Armstrong Custer, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Josephine Cochrane, and Nikolay Przhevalsky. After him are August Kundt, Machado de Assis, Princess Cecilie of Baden, Nikolay Bobrikov, Ali Rıza Efendi, and Théodule-Armand Ribot. Among people deceased in 1900, Emil Škoda ranks 16. Before him are Vladimir Solovyov, Étienne Lenoir, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Naim Frashëri, Wilhelm Liebknecht, and John Sherman. After him are Nicolas Chauvin, Osman Nuri Pasha, Frederic Edwin Church, Mary Kingsley, Isaac Levitan, and Francis, Duke of Teck.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Emil Škoda ranks 106 out of 1,200. Before him are Vratislaus II of Bohemia (1035), Konrad Henlein (1898), Eduard Bloch (1872), Jan Neruda (1834), Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890), and Oldřich Nejedlý (1909). After him are Josef Suk (1874), Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856), Mojmir I of Moravia (795), Martina Navratilova (1956), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), and Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1840).

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Among ENGINEERS In Czechia

Among engineers born in Czechia, Emil Škoda ranks 1. After him are Karl von Terzaghi (1883), Alfred Neubauer (1891), Eugen Sänger (1905), Franciszek Rychnowski (1850), and Pavel Pavel (1957).

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