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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 92,976 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. James B. Francis is the 255th most popular engineer (down from 245th in 2019), the 3,201st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,016th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Engineer.

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  • 93k

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  • 47.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, James B. Francis ranks 255 out of 323. Before him are Robert Mallet, Peter Chen, Gerhard Fieseler, Essam Sharaf, Robert W. Paul, and Boris Chertok. After him are Rudy Van Gelder, Frederick Terman, Louis Vicat, Hans Moravec, Louis Pouzin, and Fulgence Bienvenüe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, James B. Francis ranks 63. Before him are Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, Ernest Goüin, Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Emanuel Geibel, and Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg. After him are Halfdan Kjerulf, Edward Forbes, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, Otto von Böhtlingk, Marguerite Bays, and Henry Halleck. Among people deceased in 1892, James B. Francis ranks 58. Before him are Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, Caroline Harrison, Henri Duveyrier, Pashko Vasa, Amelia Edwards, and Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg. After him are Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Jay Gould, José María Castro Madriz, John Pope, Dimitrie Brătianu, and Henry Edward Manning.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James B. Francis ranks 3,201 out of 7,765. Before him are Charles Lee (1731), Robert W. Paul (1869), Adrian Boult (1889), Bob Anderson (1922), Clint Mansell (1963), and Amelia Edwards (1831). After him are John Lennard-Jones (1894), Bob Shaw (1931), William Hallowes Miller (1801), Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1893), Bert Jansch (1943), and Hywel Dda (880).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, James B. Francis ranks 26. Before him are W. Ross Ashby (1903), André Waterkeyn (1917), Frederick W. Lanchester (1868), William Froude (1810), Mal Evans (1935), and Robert W. Paul (1869). After him are Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Jesse Ramsden (1735), Isaac Roberts (1829), R. J. Mitchell (1895), and Christopher Cockerell (1910).

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