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John Smeaton

1724 - 1792

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John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was a British civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent physicist. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed "civil engineer", and is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Smeaton has received more than 455,565 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. John Smeaton is the 178th most popular engineer (down from 135th in 2019), the 2,189th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,727th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Engineer.

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Among engineers, John Smeaton ranks 178 out of 323. Before him are Robert Maillart, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Alfred Neubauer, Henryk Dembiński, Hugo Eckener, and Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov. After him are Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Walter Hohmann, Michel Chevalier, Gotthilf Hagen, Vladimir Petlyakov, and Louis Dollo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, John Smeaton ranks 22. Before him are Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, George Stubbs, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, John Michell, and Claude Balbastre. After him are Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Dai Zhen, Johann Julius Walbaum, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Anton Friedrich Büsching, and Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester. Among people deceased in 1792, John Smeaton ranks 26. Before him are John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Antoine Louis, Maximilian Hell, Guillaume Le Gentil, John Paul Jones, and Johann Andreas Stein. After him are Yazid of Morocco, René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Charles Simon Favart, Adam Gottlob Moltke, George Browne, and John Burgoyne.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Smeaton ranks 2,189 out of 7,765. Before him are Toby Jones (1966), Robert Morley (1908), Edward Daniel Clarke (1769), Gary Glitter (1944), Gerry Rafferty (1947), and Thomas Andrews (1813). After him are Sharon Osbourne (1952), Alexander William Williamson (1824), Amy Johnson (1903), Robert Harris (1957), Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406), and Peter James (1948).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, John Smeaton ranks 18. Before him are Adrian Newey (1958), Alexander Cunningham (1814), Robert Stephenson (1803), Hertha Ayrton (1854), John Loudon McAdam (1756), and John Bagot Glubb (1897). After him are William Playfair (1759), W. Ross Ashby (1903), André Waterkeyn (1917), Frederick W. Lanchester (1868), William Froude (1810), and Mal Evans (1935).

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