INVENTOR

Giovanni Caselli

1815 - 1891

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Giovanni Caselli (8 June 1815 – 25 April 1891) was an Italian priest, inventor, and physicist. He studied electricity and magnetism as a child which led to his invention of the pantelegraph (also known as the universal telegraph or all-purpose telegraph), the forerunner of the fax machine. The world's first practical operating facsimile machine ("fax") system put into use was by Caselli. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Caselli has received more than 106,539 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Caselli is the 335th most popular inventor, the 3,635th most popular biography from Italy and the 9th most popular Italian Inventor.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Giovanni Caselli ranks 335 out of 426. Before him are Rostislav Alexeyev, Orville Gibson, Hannibal Goodwin, Beulah Louise Henry, Phil Ramone, and Henri Fabre. After him are David Dunbar Buick, Joseph Bramah, Georges Beuchat, An Wang, Jozef Murgaš, and Joseph Timchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Giovanni Caselli ranks 75. Before him are Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Robert Franz, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, John McDouall Stuart, Warren De la Rue, and Adolf Friedrich von Schack. After him are Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Athanasios Miaoulis, Otto von Böhtlingk, Edward John Eyre, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, and Edward James Roye. Among people deceased in 1891, Giovanni Caselli ranks 92. Before him are Sarah Childress Polk, Domenico Agostini, Joseph Leidy, Karl Maximovich, Emma Abbott, and George Washington Williams. After him are Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Henry Litolff, Anton Heinrich Springer, Amalie Dietrich, Edwin Long, and Calixa Lavallée.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Caselli ranks 3,635 out of 5,161. Before him are Lorenzo Piretto (1942), Fausta Morganti (1944), Carlo Pavesi (1923), Fernando Altimani (1893), Giovanni Berchet (1783), and Saverio Ragno (1902). After him are Alberto Malesani (1954), Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels (1865), Carmelo Bene (1937), Nicola Mancino (1931), Guido Boni (1892), and Attilio Lombardo (1966).

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Among INVENTORS In Italy

Among inventors born in Italy, Giovanni Caselli ranks 9. Before him are Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655), Antonio Meucci (1808), Johann Maria Farina (1685), Angelo Moriondo (1851), Ottaviano Petrucci (1466), and Max Valier (1895). After him are Andrew Viterbi (1935).

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