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George Devol

1912 - 2011

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Devol has received more than 253,735 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Devol is the 283rd most popular inventor, the 5,144th most popular biography from United States and the 69th most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Devol ranks 283 out of 426. Before him are Michael S. Hart, John Barnard, Whitcomb L. Judson, Joseph Aspdin, Ralph Hartley, and Prokop Diviš. After him are Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Walter Zapp, Jacob Perkins, Nils Bohlin, Lester Allan Pelton, and Kenjiro Takayanagi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, George Devol ranks 215. Before him are Walter Sisulu, John Templeton, Gholam Reza Azhari, Alfred Deller, Sabiha Kasimati, and Carlos Guastavino. After him are Agnes Martin, Otto Siffling, Émile Allais, Heikki A. Alikoski, Peter Walker, and Leonardo Cilaurren. Among people deceased in 2011, George Devol ranks 220. Before him are Nicol Williamson, Valery Rozhdestvensky, Robert Ballaman, Friedrich Kittler, Ludo Martens, and Ida Fink. After him are Jeff Conaway, Héctor Núñez, Kenneth Mars, James Arness, Andrzej Lepper, and Hidemaro Watanabe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Devol ranks 5,144 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Root (1951), Sid Haig (1939), Ann Blyth (1928), John Norman (1931), Eugene Parker (1927), and Mary Surratt (1823). After him are George Horine (1890), Donella Meadows (1941), Tyrese Gibson (1978), Sewall Wright (1889), Luke Wilson (1971), and Sam Anderson (1945).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, George Devol ranks 69. Before him are Glenn Curtiss (1878), Cyrus McCormick (1809), Theodore Maiman (1927), Michael S. Hart (1947), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), and Ralph Hartley (1888). After him are Jacob Perkins (1766), Lester Allan Pelton (1829), Henry M. Leland (1843), Marion Donovan (1917), David Bushnell (1742), and Dan Bricklin (1951).

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