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George Washington

1871 - 1946

George Washington

George Constant Louis Washington (May 20, 1871 – March 29, 1946) was an American inventor and businessman. He is best remembered for his invention of an early instant coffee process and for the company he founded to mass-produce it, the G. Washington Coffee Company.An emigrant from his native Belgium, he arrived in the New York area in 1897 and dabbled in several technical fields before hitting upon instant coffee manufacture during a sojourn in Central America in 1906 or 1907. He began selling his coffee in 1909 and founded a company to manufacture it in 1910. Based in New York and New Jersey, his company prospered and became an important military supplier during World War I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Washington has received more than 36,006,033 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). George Washington is the 231st most popular inventor (up from 238th in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 353rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Inventor.

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36M
Page Views (PV)
63.11
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
16
Languages Editions (L)
6.06
Effective Languages (L*)
1.79
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Washington ranks 231 out of 355. Before him are Marcian Hoff, Eugen Langen, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Émile Baudot, Gaston Glock, and Alexander Parkes. After him are Pavel Yablochkov, Aurel Stodola, Michael S. Hart, Léon Gaumont, Hovannes Adamian, and James Dyson.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

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Marcian Hoff
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 225
Eugen Langen
1833 - 1895
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 226
Robert Ludvigovich Bartini
1897 - 1974
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 227
Émile Baudot
1845 - 1903
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 228
Gaston Glock
1929 - Present
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 229
Alexander Parkes
1813 - 1890
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 230
George Washington
1871 - 1946
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 231
Pavel Yablochkov
1847 - 1894
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 232
Aurel Stodola
1859 - 1942
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 233
Michael S. Hart
1947 - 2011
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 234
Léon Gaumont
1864 - 1946
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 235
Hovannes Adamian
1879 - 1932
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 236
James Dyson
1947 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 237

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, George Washington ranks 71. Before him are John Millington Synge, Gustavs Zemgals, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Hermann Abert, and Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich. After him are Segundo de Chomón, Gyula Kellner, Guglielmo Ferrero, Alexander Spendiaryan, Arthur Griffith, and Daniel Alomía Robles. Among people deceased in 1946, George Washington ranks 96. Before him are Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Jorge Ubico, Johannes Vares, Gerda Steinhoff, George Arliss, and István Bethlen. After him are Dion Fortune, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Ahmad Kasravi, Léon Gaumont, Madan Mohan Malaviya, and Heinrich George.

Others Born in 1871

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John Millington Synge
1871 - 1909
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 65
Gustavs Zemgals
1871 - 1939
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 66
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
1871 - 1922
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 67
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
1871 - 1955
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 68
Hermann Abert
1871 - 1927
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 69
Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
1871 - 1937
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 70
George Washington
1871 - 1946
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 71
Segundo de Chomón
1871 - 1929
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 72
Gyula Kellner
1871 - 1940
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 73
Guglielmo Ferrero
1871 - 1942
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 74
Alexander Spendiaryan
1871 - 1928
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 75
Arthur Griffith
1871 - 1922
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 76
Daniel Alomía Robles
1871 - 1942
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 77