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George Cayley

1773 - 1857

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Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet (27 December 1773 – 15 December 1857) was an English engineer, inventor, and aviator. He is one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Cayley has received more than 635,071 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. George Cayley is the 97th most popular engineer (up from 99th in 2019), the 1,358th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,387th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Engineer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, George Cayley ranks 97 out of 389. Before him are Charles Rolls, Alexander Cunningham, Karl von Terzaghi, Valdemar Poulsen, Ivan Sechenov, and Hans Ledwinka. After him are Vasily Degtyaryov, Hertha Ayrton, Nikolai Polikarpov, Harry Nyquist, Viktor Kaplan, and Adrian Newey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, George Cayley ranks 21. Before him are Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Tokugawa Ienari, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, and Robert Surcouf. After him are Hussein Dey, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Étienne Maurice Gérard, Ioannis Kolettis, and Prince Louis Charles of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1857, George Cayley ranks 21. Before him are Louis Jacques Thénard, Johan Christian Dahl, Mangal Pandey, Josef Ressel, Alcide d'Orbigny, and Marquis de Custine. After him are Théodolinde de Beauharnais, Achille Devéria, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Vasily Tropinin, Manuel Oribe, and Daniele Manin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Cayley ranks 1,358 out of 8,785. Before him are Lennox Lewis (1965), Jeremy Corbyn (1949), Joseph Paxton (1803), Alexander McQueen (1969), Eileen Essell (1922), and Gary Brooker (1945). After him are Geoff Hurst (1941), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), Reginald Johnston (1874), Donovan (1946), and Nehemiah Grew (1641).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, George Cayley ranks 10. Before him are Charles George Gordon (1833), Colin Chapman (1928), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), and Alexander Cunningham (1814). After him are Hertha Ayrton (1854), Adrian Newey (1958), Robert Stephenson (1803), John Bagot Glubb (1897), Patrick Head (1946), and William Playfair (1759).

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