INVENTOR

Oliver Evans

1755 - 1819

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Oliver Evans (September 13, 1755 – April 15, 1819) was an American inventor, engineer, and businessman born in rural Delaware and later rooted commercially in Philadelphia. He was one of the first Americans to build steam engines and an advocate of high-pressure steam (as opposed to low-pressure steam). A pioneer in the fields of automation, materials handling and steam power, Evans was one of the most prolific and influential inventors in the early years of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Evans has received more than 300,500 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver Evans is the 349th most popular inventor, the 7,669th most popular biography from United States and the 90th most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Oliver Evans ranks 349 out of 426. Before him are George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., Hary Gunarto, Didi Senft, Joy Mangano, Albrecht Berblinger, and John Fitch. After him are Charles Darrow, Robert Whitehead, Jerry Lawson, Frank J. Sprague, Edward Craven Walker, and Peter Madsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Oliver Evans ranks 47. Before him are Nicolas Fuss, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Marc-Antoine Parseval, Jacques Labillardière, Nathan Hale, and Johann Christoph Wendland. After him are William Bradford, Thomas Hardwicke, Rufus King, Narayan Rao, and Nicholas Gilman. Among people deceased in 1819, Oliver Evans ranks 33. Before him are John Marshall, Hannah Van Buren, Mary Moser, Oliver Hazard Perry, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, and John Jeffries. After him are John Langdon, William Samuel Johnson, and Caleb Strong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver Evans ranks 7,669 out of 20,380. Before him are Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), Jaron Lanier (1960), Eric Andre (1983), Robert T. Bakker (1945), Carrie Chapman Catt (1859), and Morris Kline (1908). After him are Diane di Prima (1934), Bill Black (1926), Kerry Washington (1977), Evan Stone (1964), Joe Seneca (1919), and Nancy Chodorow (1944).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Oliver Evans ranks 90. Before him are Orville Gibson (1856), Hannibal Goodwin (1822), Beulah Louise Henry (1888), George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859), Joy Mangano (1956), and John Fitch (1743). After him are Charles Darrow (1889), Jerry Lawson (1940), Frank J. Sprague (1857), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), George Stibitz (1904), and Elizabeth Holmes (1984).

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