INVENTOR

Leonardo Torres y Quevedo

1852 - 1936

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Leonardo Torres Quevedo (Spanish: [leoˈnaɾðo ˈtores keˈβeðo]; 28 December 1852 – 18 December 1936) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician and inventor, known for his numerous engineering innovations, including aerial trams, airships, catamarans, and remote control. He was also a pioneer in the field of computing and robotics. Torres was a member of several scientific and cultural institutions and held such important positions as the seat N of the Real Academia Española (1920–1936) and the presidency of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (1928–1934). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonardo Torres y Quevedo has received more than 157,650 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Leonardo Torres y Quevedo is the 232nd most popular inventor (up from 261st in 2019), the 950th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,010th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo ranks 232 out of 426. Before him are Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Alexander Parkes, Aurel Stodola, Marcian Hoff, Hubert Cecil Booth, and Christopher C. Kraft Jr.. After him are Ottmar Mergenthaler, Genrich Altshuller, L. L. Langstroth, Pavel Yablochkov, Georges Hébert, and Hans von Ohain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo ranks 64. Before him are László Mednyánszky, Jean-Louis Forain, Dục Đức, Kodama Gentarō, Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, and Robert Hausmann. After him are William Stewart Halsted, Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, Moritz von Auffenberg, Charles Villiers Stanford, Princess Marie of Battenberg, and Émile Fayolle. Among people deceased in 1936, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo ranks 101. Before him are Dezső Kosztolányi, Ivan Smirnov, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Alexander Guchkov, Fatma Aliye Topuz, and Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri. After him are Oscar Wisting, Bhikaiji Cama, Karl Buresch, Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Walther Wever, and John Scott Haldane.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo ranks 950 out of 3,355. Before him are Bera, Count of Barcelona (770), Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644), Bojan Krkić (1990), Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi (null), José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones (1898), and Álvaro Morte (1975). After him are Luis de Narváez (1500), Ramón Franco (1896), Lluís Martínez Sistach (1937), Juan Mata (1988), Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888), and Agustina de Aragón (1786).

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Among INVENTORS In Spain

Among inventors born in Spain, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo ranks 4. Before him are Abbas ibn Firnas (810), Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva (1895), and Narcís Monturiol (1819).

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