INVENTOR

Hannibal Goodwin

1822 - 1900

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Hannibal Williston Goodwin (April 30, 1822 – December 31, 1900), patented a method for making transparent, flexible roll film out of nitrocellulose film base, which was used in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, an early machine for viewing motion pictures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hannibal Goodwin has received more than 71,798 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Hannibal Goodwin is the 331st most popular inventor, the 6,766th most popular biography from United States and the 85th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 72k

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  • 54.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Hannibal Goodwin ranks 331 out of 426. Before him are John Wilkinson, Edward Lawry Norton, Ivan Polzunov, Bernard Lown, Rostislav Alexeyev, and Orville Gibson. After him are Beulah Louise Henry, Phil Ramone, Henri Fabre, Giovanni Caselli, David Dunbar Buick, and Joseph Bramah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Hannibal Goodwin ranks 71. Before him are Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Janko Kráľ, John Pope, Gustav Spörer, Adolph Strecker, and Thrasyvoulos Zaimis. After him are Karamchand Gandhi, Menyhért Lónyay, István Bittó, Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, and Henry James Sumner Maine. Among people deceased in 1900, Hannibal Goodwin ranks 81. Before him are Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Albert Samain, Émile Blanchard, Dankmar Adler, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, and Albert Bernhard Frank. After him are John Anderson, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Victoire Léodile Béra, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, Charles Piazzi Smyth, and Nicolae Crețulescu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hannibal Goodwin ranks 6,766 out of 20,380. Before him are Edgar Adams (1868), Walter Catlett (1889), James C. Scott (1936), Joe Rogan (1967), Tony Scott (1921), and Chace Crawford (1985). After him are Marc Wright (1890), Dave Arneson (1947), John Getz (1946), Wilmer Allison (1904), Shirley Verrett (1931), and Sheree J. Wilson (1958).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Hannibal Goodwin ranks 85. Before him are Joseph Engelberger (1925), Tabitha Babbitt (1779), Patricia Bath (1942), Jay Miner (1932), Edward Lawry Norton (1898), and Orville Gibson (1856). After him are Beulah Louise Henry (1888), George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859), Joy Mangano (1956), John Fitch (1743), Oliver Evans (1755), and Charles Darrow (1889).

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