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John Fitch

1743 - 1798

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John Fitch (January 21, 1743 – July 2, 1798) was an American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur, and engineer. He was most famous for operating the first steamboat service in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Fitch has received more than 22,049 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. John Fitch is the 348th most popular inventor (down from 307th in 2019), the 7,545th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,140th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 22k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Fitch ranks 348 out of 426. Before him are John Philip Holland, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., Hary Gunarto, Didi Senft, Joy Mangano, and Albrecht Berblinger. After him are Oliver Evans, Charles Darrow, Robert Whitehead, Jerry Lawson, Frank J. Sprague, and Edward Craven Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1743, John Fitch ranks 34. Before him are Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Johann David Wyss, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Marmaduke Tunstall, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, and Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh.  Among people deceased in 1798, John Fitch ranks 25. Before him are Gaetano Pugnani, George Read, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, Laurynas Gucevičius, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, and James Wilson. After him are Wolfe Tone, and Thomas Pennant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Fitch ranks 7,545 out of 20,380. Before him are Peggy Fleming (1948), Christy Canyon (1966), Arlo Guthrie (1947), Bobby Timmons (1935), Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849), and Dwyane Wade (1982). After him are Patrick Leahy (1940), Robert Tarjan (1948), Skrillex (1988), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), Rex Cawley (1940), and Daniel Mann (1912).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, John Fitch ranks 89. Before him are Edward Lawry Norton (1898), Orville Gibson (1856), Hannibal Goodwin (1822), Beulah Louise Henry (1888), George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859), and Joy Mangano (1956). After him are Oliver Evans (1755), Charles Darrow (1889), Jerry Lawson (1940), Frank J. Sprague (1857), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), and George Stibitz (1904).

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