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John Wilkinson

1728 - 1808

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John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson (1728 – 14 July 1808) was an English industrialist who pioneered the manufacture of cast iron and the use of cast-iron goods during the Industrial Revolution. He was the inventor of a precision boring machine that could bore cast iron cylinders, such as cannon barrels and piston cylinders used in the steam engines of James Watt. His boring machine has been called the first machine tool. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Wilkinson has received more than 18,927 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Wilkinson is the 279th most popular inventor (down from 266th in 2019), the 2,785th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,573rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Inventor.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Wilkinson ranks 279 out of 354. Before him are Alexander P. de Seversky, L. L. Langstroth, Edward Lawry Norton, Štefan Banič, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, and Paul von Jankó. After him are Thomas Wedgwood, Ivan Kulibin, André Blondel, Jack Northrop, Rostislav Alexeyev, and Wilson Greatbatch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, John Wilkinson ranks 27. Before him are Johann Adam Hiller, Carlo Allioni, Johann Andreas Stein, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, Hiraga Gennai, and Maria Angela Ardinghelli. After him are José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, Ivan Polzunov, Johann Gerhard König, Caesar Rodney, and Mercy Otis Warren. Among people deceased in 1808, John Wilkinson ranks 20. Before him are Gaétan Vestris, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Alexander Dalrymple, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel. After him are José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, José Celestino Mutis, Giuseppe Piermarini, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, and Fisher Ames.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wilkinson ranks 2,785 out of 7,765. Before him are Ronald Fairbairn (1889), Anna Kingsford (1846), William Hunter (1718), Eric Gill (1882), Jim Sturgess (1978), and Barry Jackson (1938). After him are Mick Jackson (1943), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Lesley-Anne Down (1954), Mary Renault (1905), Lambert Simnel (1477), and Jimmy Bain (1947).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, John Wilkinson ranks 44. Before him are Joseph Whitworth (1803), Alexander Parkes (1813), Samuel Morland (1625), James Nasmyth (1808), Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), and Joseph Aspdin (1778). After him are Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Rowland Hill (1795), John Barnard (1946), Joseph Bramah (1748), David Dunbar Buick (1854), and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850).

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