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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 20,904 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Fitch is the 307th most popular inventor (down from 301st in 2019), the 6,153rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,061st in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 47.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Fitch ranks 307 out of 354. Before him are David Dunbar Buick, Jacob Ellehammer, Ivan Polzunov, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Lynn Conway, and George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.. After him are Jay Miner, William Friese-Greene, Isaac Pitman, Oleg Losev, Robert S. Langer, and An Wang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1743, John Fitch ranks 31. Before him are Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Johannes Ewald, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, and Johann David Wyss. After him are Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh and Anna Laetitia Barbauld. Among people deceased in 1798, John Fitch ranks 21. Before him are Johann Reinhold Forster, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Christian Cannabich, Antoine de Chézy, Yuan Mei, and Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda. After him are Wolfe Tone, James Wilson, George Read, and Thomas Pennant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Fitch ranks 6,153 out of 18,182. Before him are Rory Calhoun (1922), Frankie Knuckles (1955), Paige Turco (1965), Trent Reznor (1965), Lucy Stone (1818), and Benjamin Smith Barton (1766). After him are Horatio Alger (1832), Bud Houser (1901), Victor Sen Yung (1914), Brian Schmidt (1967), Tim Hardin (1941), and George Nader (1921).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, John Fitch ranks 79. Before him are Almon Brown Strowger (1839), Henry M. Leland (1843), Henry J. Kaiser (1882), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), Lynn Conway (1938), and George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859). After him are Jay Miner (1932), Robert S. Langer (1948), Marion Donovan (1917), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), Margaret E. Knight (1838), and Ken Olsen (1926).

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