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Isaac Pitman

1813 - 1897

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Sir Isaac Pitman (4 January 1813 – 22 January 1897) was a teacher of the English language who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in Stenographic Soundhand in 1837. He was also the vice-president of the Vegetarian Society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Pitman has received more than 199,959 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Pitman is the 310th most popular inventor (down from 292nd in 2019), the 3,384th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,994th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Inventor.

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  • 200k

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  • 46.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Isaac Pitman ranks 310 out of 354. Before him are Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Lynn Conway, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., John Fitch, Jay Miner, and William Friese-Greene. After him are Oleg Losev, Robert S. Langer, An Wang, Jozef Murgaš, Alexandre Alexeieff, and Victor Hasselblad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Isaac Pitman ranks 60. Before him are Otto Jahn, Stephen A. Douglas, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Errico Petrella, Karel Sabina, and Franz Delitzsch. After him are Félix María Zuloaga, Gennady Nevelskoy, Timofey Granovsky, Stephen Mallory, George Alexander Macfarren, and John Sedgwick. Among people deceased in 1897, Isaac Pitman ranks 64. Before him are Léon Gautier, Carl Remigius Fresenius, Heinrich von Stephan, Dimitrie Ghica, Adam Asnyk, and Robert Themptander. After him are Edward Newton, Lea Ahlborn, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, James Legge, Francesco Brioschi, and Jan Heemskerk.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Isaac Pitman ranks 3,384 out of 7,765. Before him are Mike Figgis (1948), Anthony Head (1954), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), Robert Greene (1558), John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), and Jon Hiseman (1944). After him are Harry Patch (1898), Andrew Smith (1797), Edward Newton (1832), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), John Richardson (1934), and Leslie Bricusse (1931).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Isaac Pitman ranks 52. Before him are Rowland Hill (1795), John Barnard (1946), Joseph Bramah (1748), David Dunbar Buick (1854), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), and William Friese-Greene (1855). After him are Harry Brearley (1871), Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835), Henry Shrapnel (1761), Barnes Wallis (1887), George Graham (1673), and Arthur Wynne (1871).

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