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Henry Maudslay

1771 - 1831

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Henry Maudslay (pronunciation and spelling) (22 August 1771 – 14 February 1831) was an English machine tool innovator, tool and die maker, and inventor. He is considered a founding father of machine tool technology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Maudslay has received more than 218,245 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Henry Maudslay is the 211th most popular inventor (up from 215th in 2019), the 1,857th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,922nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Henry Maudslay ranks 211 out of 354. Before him are Hans von Ohain, John Wesley Hyatt, Eli Whitney, Helmut Gröttrup, Max Skladanowsky, and Robert Cornelius. After him are George de Mestral, Larry Sanger, Gaston Glock, Émile Baudot, François Isaac de Rivaz, and Josip Belušić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Henry Maudslay ranks 24. Before him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Mikhail Miloradovich, Rahel Varnhagen, Jean Rapp, and Johann Baptist Cramer. After him are Georges Cadoudal, Fra Diavolo, Nikolay Raevsky, Pierre Baillot, Jean Reynier, and Caroline of Hesse-Homburg. Among people deceased in 1831, Henry Maudslay ranks 33. Before him are Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, James Hoban, Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, Jedediah Smith, and Jean-Louis Pons. After him are Ryōkan, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Franz Krommer, Vasily Golovnin, Ferenc Kazinczy, and Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Maudslay ranks 1,857 out of 7,765. Before him are Jojo Moyes (1969), Henry Tandey (1891), Richard Long (1945), Charles Boycott (1832), Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478), and Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310). After him are Hilton Valentine (1943), Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Olivia Colman (1974), Graham Nash (1942), and Tom Sharpe (1928).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Henry Maudslay ranks 33. Before him are Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Matthew Boulton (1728), Sandford Fleming (1827), William Murdoch (1754), John Kemp Starley (1854), and Oliver Lodge (1851). After him are Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Elihu Thomson (1853), James Dyson (1947), Joseph Whitworth (1803), and Alexander Parkes (1813).

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