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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 of the late 19th century and early 20th century. A member of the Royal Spanish Academy since 1920, he was also a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences, among other institutions. Torres was a prolific and versatile innovator in various fields of engineering, including mechanics, aeronautics and automatics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonardo Torres y Quevedo has received more than 153,415 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Leonardo Torres y Quevedo is the 261st most popular inventor (down from 257th in 2019), the 1,011th most popular biography from Spain (down from 990th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Inventor.

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  • 16

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  • 3.15

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  • 2.58

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo ranks 261 out of 354. Before him are Pavel Yablochkov, Ernst Alexanderson, Tivadar Puskás, Samuel Morland, Cyrus McCormick, and Vittorio Jano. After him are James Nasmyth, Michael S. Hart, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Walter Clopton Wingfield, Robert Metcalfe, and David Bushnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo ranks 65. Before him are László Mednyánszky, Kodama Gentarō, Bruno Abakanowicz, Émile Fayolle, Moritz von Auffenberg, and Charles Villiers Stanford. After him are Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg, William Stewart Halsted, Prince Arnulf of Bavaria, Francisco Moreno, Mikoláš Aleš, and Princess Marie of Battenberg. Among people deceased in 1936, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo ranks 107. Before him are Marguerite Durand, Juliette Adam, Walther Wever, Karl Buresch, Arvid Lindman, and Georges Vacher de Lapouge. After him are Eino Rahja, Josep Sunyol, Mikhail Kuzmin, Conrad Böcker, Ignacy Daszyński, and Ramiro Ledesma Ramos.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo ranks 1,011 out of 2,932. Before him are Iñaki Sáez (1943), Ferran Adrià (1962), José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza (1775), Pablo Gargallo (1881), Pedro (1987), and Pedro de la Rosa (1971). After him are Juan Martínez Montañés (1568), Juan Benlloch i Vivó (1864), Fernando Savater (1947), Míchel Salgado (1975), Andrés Manuel del Río (1764), and Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga (1777).

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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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