INVENTOR

John Whitehurst

1713 - 1788

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John Whitehurst FRS (10 April 1713 – 18 February 1788), born in Cheshire, England, was a clockmaker and scientist, and made significant early contributions to geology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Whitehurst has received more than 48,849 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Whitehurst is the 399th most popular inventor (down from 359th in 2019), the 5,008th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,516th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Inventor.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Whitehurst ranks 399 out of 426. Before him are George Beauchamp, Dean Kamen, Granville Woods, Bette Nesmith Graham, Yvonne Brill, and Walter Frederick Morrison. After him are Arnold Orville Beckman, Peter Cooper, Arthur Fry, Charles F. Kettering, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, and Kamil Tolon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1713, John Whitehurst ranks 18. Before him are Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, John Needham, Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Princess Caroline of Great Britain, Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Allan Ramsay. After him is Francis Lewis. Among people deceased in 1788, John Whitehurst ranks 26. Before him are Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, Charles Wesley, Salomon Gessner, Francesco Zuccarelli, Mary Delany, and Juan Bautista de Anza. After him is Benjamin Wilson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Whitehurst ranks 5,008 out of 8,785. Before him are David Rose (1910), Eddie Jobson (1955), Ben Daniels (1964), Richie Hawtin (1970), Daniel Sturridge (1989), and Gil Merrick (1922). After him are Guy Pratt (1962), John Owen (1827), William Duesbury (1725), Gordon Thomas (1921), John Betjeman (1906), and Katie Johnson (1878).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, John Whitehurst ranks 65. Before him are Isaac Pitman (1813), William Friese-Greene (1855), Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835), William Fothergill Cooke (1806), Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847), and Barnes Wallis (1887). After him are Roger C. Field (1945), Lawrence Hargrave (1850), and Frank Hornby (1863).

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