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Jesse Ramsden

1735 - 1800

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Jesse Ramsden FRS FRSE (6 October 1735 – 5 November 1800) was a British mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. He produced instruments for astronomy that were especially well known for maritime use where they were needed for the measurement of latitudes and for his surveying instruments which were widely used for cartography and land survey both across the British Empire and outside. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jesse Ramsden has received more than 87,138 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jesse Ramsden is the 313th most popular engineer (down from 282nd in 2019), the 4,095th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,815th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Jesse Ramsden ranks 313 out of 389. Before him are Marina Popovich, Ron Tauranac, Charles Combes, John R. Pierce, Othmar Ammann, and Christopher Cockerell. After him are Robert Mallet, Louis Armand, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Boris Lisunov, Joseph Bazalgette, and Hugh Latimer Dryden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Jesse Ramsden ranks 30. Before him are Paul Kray, Ulrika Pasch, Tobias Furneaux, Domenico Vandelli, Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Claudine Picardet. After him are John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, John Carroll, and Button Gwinnett. Among people deceased in 1800, Jesse Ramsden ranks 32. Before him are Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, Michael Denis, Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Victor Louis, John Rutledge, and Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe. After him are Elizabeth Montagu, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, Hugh Blair, Edward Rutledge, and Thomas Mifflin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jesse Ramsden ranks 4,095 out of 8,785. Before him are John Martyn (1948), Kim Newman (1959), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), James D'Arcy (1975), Howard Stringer (1942), and Colin Hay (1953). After him are Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), Henry Taylor (1932), Emily Blackwell (1826), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Walter Winterbottom (1913), and Robert Newton (1905).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Jesse Ramsden ranks 32. Before him are Robert W. Paul (1869), Pat Symonds (1953), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Mal Evans (1935), Isaac Roberts (1829), and Ron Tauranac (1925). After him are Joseph Bazalgette (1819), Ove Arup (1895), Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), R. J. Mitchell (1895), Tommy Flowers (1905), and Harry Ricardo (1885).

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