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John Scott Russell

1808 - 1882

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John Scott Russell (9 May 1808, Parkhead, Glasgow – 8 June 1882, Ventnor, Isle of Wight) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Scott Russell has received more than 138,582 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Scott Russell is the 364th most popular engineer, the 5,880th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 50th most popular British Engineer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, John Scott Russell ranks 364 out of 389. Before him are James Allison, Sydney Camm, Mike Gascoyne, Mike Coughlan, C. H. Douglas, and Bob Bell. After him are Tessy Thomas, Robert R. Gilruth, David S. Johnson, Tom Kilburn, Charles Ingram, and John Rennie the Elder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, John Scott Russell ranks 73. Before him are Wendela Hebbe, Hugh Falconer, Teréz Karacs, John Hutton Balfour, Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, and Caroline Norton. After him are Hugh McCulloch, James Gall, and Samuel Dakin. Among people deceased in 1882, John Scott Russell ranks 79. Before him are Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, Nain Singh, Thomas Romney Robinson, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Hablot Knight Browne, and Francis Maitland Balfour. After him are Edward Bouverie Pusey, and Milton Latham.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Scott Russell ranks 5,880 out of 8,785. Before him are William Wycherley (1640), Ben Foster (1983), Kelly Johnson (1958), Cressida Cowell (1966), Paul Eddington (1927), and Bobby Collins (1931). After him are Irving Finkel (1951), Glen Johnson (1984), Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), John Lloyd (1954), Mo Hayder (1962), and Bobby Lennox (1943).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, John Scott Russell ranks 50. Before him are James Allison (1968), Sydney Camm (1893), Mike Gascoyne (1963), Mike Coughlan (1959), C. H. Douglas (1879), and Bob Bell (1958). After him are Tom Kilburn (1921), Charles Ingram (1963), John Rennie the Elder (1761), Thomas Sopwith (1888), James Key (1972), and James Guthrie (1953).

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