INVENTOR

Frank Hornby

1863 - 1936

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Frank Hornby (15 May 1863 – 21 September 1936) was an English inventor, businessman and politician. He was a visionary in toy development and manufacture, and although he had no formal engineering training, he was responsible for the invention and production of three of the most popular lines of toys based on engineering principles in the 20th century: Meccano, Hornby Model Railways and Dinky Toys. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Hornby has received more than 159,159 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Hornby is the 413th most popular inventor, the 5,917th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 68th most popular British Inventor.

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  • 160k

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  • 39.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Frank Hornby ranks 413 out of 426. Before him are Roger C. Field, Clarence Birdseye, Charles Ammi Cutter, Lawrence Hargrave, John F. Seitz, and Sarah E. Goode. After him are Marc Andreessen, Valerie Thomas, Harold Stephen Black, Jarkko Oikarinen, Boyan Slat, and Tony Fadell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Frank Hornby ranks 177. Before him are Gonzalo Córdova, John Bunny, Carl H. Eigenmann, Edgar Syers, William Gibbs McAdoo, and Outram Bangs. After him is William Robert Ogilvie-Grant. Among people deceased in 1936, Frank Hornby ranks 189. Before him are Edmund Breese, Lorenzo Mangiante, Hermanus Brockmann, Abraham Berge, John McKenna, and Eugène Grisot. After him are George Dern, and Thomas Meighan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frank Hornby ranks 5,917 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Davidson (1979), F. F. Bruce (1910), June Brown (1927), Elizabeth Fraser (1963), Dennis Skinner (1932), and Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854). After him are Brian Stableford (1948), Zawe Ashton (1984), Grant Morrison (1960), Suki Waterhouse (1992), Colley Cibber (1671), and Rupert Sanders (1971).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Frank Hornby ranks 68. Before him are William Fothergill Cooke (1806), Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847), Barnes Wallis (1887), John Whitehurst (1713), Roger C. Field (1945), and Lawrence Hargrave (1850).

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