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James B. Francis

1815 - 1892

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James Bicheno Francis (May 18, 1815 – September 18, 1892) was a British-American civil engineer, who invented the Francis turbine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James B. Francis has received more than 98,567 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). James B. Francis is the 236th most popular engineer (up from 253rd in 2019), the 2,735th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,193rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 99k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, James B. Francis ranks 236 out of 389. Before him are Marc Isambard Brunel, Hidetsugu Yagi, Arkhip Lyulka, Harvey Postlethwaite, Erwin Komenda, and Alexander Mikulin. After him are Essam Sharaf, Aron Ralston, Ferdinand Mannlicher, Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, Anousheh Ansari, and Alexander Kemurdzhian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, James B. Francis ranks 53. Before him are Robert Volkmann, Johann Gottfried Piefke, Crawford Long, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, and Aleksandr Baryatinsky. After him are Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg, Alexander von Keyserling, Edward Forbes, Eduard August von Regel, Emanuel Geibel, and Henry Halleck. Among people deceased in 1892, James B. Francis ranks 55. Before him are Theodor Meynert, Constantin von Alvensleben, Cyrus West Field, György Klapka, Albert Aurier, and Alexander Mackenzie. After him are Friedrich von Bodenstedt, Eduard August von Regel, Johann Eduard Erdmann, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, and Archibald Scott Couper.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James B. Francis ranks 2,735 out of 8,785. Before him are Chris Lowe (1959), Thandie Newton (1972), Harry Maguire (1993), Gwendoline Christie (1978), Alexander Mackenzie (1822), and Anne of York (1475). After him are Ioan Gruffudd (1973), Lily Collins (1989), Melanie C (1974), Laura Mulvey (1941), Harold Jeffreys (1891), and Graham McTavish (1961).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, James B. Francis ranks 24. Before him are John Smeaton (1724), John Hughes (1814), André Waterkeyn (1917), W. Ross Ashby (1903), Frederick W. Lanchester (1868), and Harvey Postlethwaite (1944). After him are William Froude (1810), Robert W. Paul (1869), Pat Symonds (1953), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Mal Evans (1935), and Isaac Roberts (1829).

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