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George Graham

1673 - 1751

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George Graham, FRS (7 July 1673, maybe 1675 – 16 November 1751) was an English clockmaker, inventor, and geophysicist, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was born in Kirklinton, Cumberland. A Friend (Quaker) like his mentor Thomas Tompion, Graham left Cumberland in 1688 for London to work with Tompion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Graham has received more than 292,905 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). George Graham is the 297th most popular inventor (up from 334th in 2019), the 3,009th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,764th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Inventor.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Graham ranks 297 out of 426. Before him are Alexander P. de Seversky, Alexandre Alexeieff, Jacob Ellehammer, Henry M. Leland, Štefan Banič, and Rowland Hill. After him are Henry Shrapnel, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, William Justin Kroll, Wilhelm Bauer, Max Valier, and André Blondel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1673, George Graham ranks 20. Before him are Johann Conrad Dippel, Mirwais Hotak, Claude Gillot, René Duguay-Trouin, Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg, and Bernard Picart. After him are Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, and James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope. Among people deceased in 1751, George Graham ranks 21. Before him are Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Nicola Salvi, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, János Pálffy, John Machin, and Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. After him are Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen, Henri François d'Aguesseau, Benjamin Robins, and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Graham ranks 3,009 out of 8,785. Before him are Rowland Hill (1795), Timothy Laurence (1955), Andy Bell (1964), Richard Hooker (1554), John Winthrop (1588), and Henry Raeburn (1756). After him are Ralph Copeland (1837), Henry Shrapnel (1761), Walter Map (1140), Alkmund of Derby (800), Alan Young (1919), and Jonathan Nolan (1976).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, George Graham ranks 50. Before him are Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), Samuel Morland (1625), John Barnard (1946), Joseph Aspdin (1778), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), and Rowland Hill (1795). After him are Henry Shrapnel (1761), Alexander Bain (1810), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), John Wilkinson (1728), David Dunbar Buick (1854), and Joseph Bramah (1748).

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