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Gustaf de Laval

1845 - 1913

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Karl Gustaf Patrik de Laval (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɵ̂sːtav dɛ laˈvalː] ; 9 May 1845 – 2 February 1913) was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and centrifugal separation machinery for dairy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustaf de Laval has received more than 149,769 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Gustaf de Laval is the 51st most popular engineer (down from 50th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 161st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Engineer.

Gustaf de Laval is most famous for his invention of the milk separator.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Gustaf de Laval ranks 51 out of 389. Before him are Moshe Arens, Vannevar Bush, Lu Ban, John Ambrose Fleming, Arthur Scherbius, and Godfrey Hounsfield. After him are Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Charles George Gordon, Alexander Wienerberger, Bjarne Stroustrup, Viktor Belenko, and Masaru Ibuka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Gustaf de Laval ranks 20. Before him are Nikola Pašić, Edmond James de Rothschild, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ion Ivanovici, George Darwin, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. After him are Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Franz Ehrle, Jacint Verdaguer, Laura Marx, José Maria de Eça de Queirós, and Mary Ann Nichols. Among people deceased in 1913, Gustaf de Laval ranks 21. Before him are Philip Sclater, Francisco I. Madero, Ármin Vámbéry, Katsura Tarō, Lewis A. Swift, and Blanche Monnier. After him are Alfred Redl, Emily Davison, David Popper, Mariano Rampolla, Empress Dowager Longyu, and Infanta Antónia of Portugal.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustaf de Laval ranks 160 out of 1,879. Before him are Emund the Old (1030), Ulf Kristersson (1963), Tomas Lindahl (1938), Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846), Carl Peter Thunberg (1743), and Oscar Montelius (1843). After him are Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Ellen Key (1849), John Bauer (1882), Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516), Eric X of Sweden (1180), and Charles VII of Sweden (1130).

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Among ENGINEERS In Sweden

Among engineers born in Sweden, Gustaf de Laval ranks 2. Before him are Lennart Torstensson (1603). After him are Harry Nyquist (1889), Erik Dahlbergh (1625), Johan August Brinell (1849), Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721), and Waloddi Weibull (1887).

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