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John Kemp Starley

1854 - 1901

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John Kemp Starley (24 December 1855 – 29 October 1901) was an English inventor and industrialist who is widely considered the inventor of the modern safety bicycle, and also originator of the tradename Rover. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Kemp Starley has received more than 147,265 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Kemp Starley is the 242nd most popular inventor (down from 197th in 2019), the 2,201st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,708th in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Kemp Starley ranks 242 out of 426. Before him are Pavel Yablochkov, Georges Hébert, Hans von Ohain, Tivadar Puskás, Clive Sinclair, and Ottó Bláthy. After him are Thonmi Sambhota, Ray Dolby, Frank Zamboni, Eugen Langen, Rodolphe Lindt, and Aimo Lahti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, John Kemp Starley ranks 60. Before him are Anna Bilińska, Charles Angrand, Vasil Radoslavov, Christiaan de Wet, Ottmar Mergenthaler, and Adolf Erman. After him are Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Arnošt Muka, Jane Toppan, Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, and Isidor Gunsberg. Among people deceased in 1901, John Kemp Starley ranks 42. Before him are Frederic W. H. Myers, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Leon Czolgosz, Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Edmond Audran, and Oreste Baratieri. After him are Aleksander Gierymski, Prince Henri of Orléans, Cornelius Gurlitt, Jacob Georg Agardh, Johannes Schmidt, and Jules Barbier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Kemp Starley ranks 2,201 out of 8,785. Before him are James Stirling (1692), Clive Sinclair (1940), Caroline Graham (1931), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), Norman McLaren (1914), and Mary Bell (1957). After him are Timothy Garton Ash (1955), Nicolas Roeg (1928), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), Joseph Lancaster (1778), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), and Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, John Kemp Starley ranks 37. Before him are Henry Maudslay (1771), Oliver Lodge (1851), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Alexander Parkes (1813), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), and Clive Sinclair (1940). After him are Joseph Whitworth (1803), Abraham Darby I (1678), James Nasmyth (1808), Arthur Wynne (1871), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), and Harry Brearley (1871).

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