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Peter Cooper

1791 - 1883

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Peter Cooper (February 12, 1791 – April 4, 1883) was an American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and politician. He designed and built the first American steam locomotive, the Tom Thumb, founded the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, served as its first president, and stood for election as the Greenback Party's candidate in the 1876 presidential election. Cooper began tinkering at a young age while working in various positions in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Cooper has received more than 561,833 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Peter Cooper is the 367th most popular inventor (down from 329th in 2019), the 10,163rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,388th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Inventor.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Peter Cooper ranks 367 out of 354. Before him are Lewis Howard Latimer, Bette Nesmith Graham, Frank J. Sprague, Roger C. Field, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., and Charles Ammi Cutter. After him are Mohamed M. Atalla, Arnold Orville Beckman, Richard Pearse, Arthur Fry, Walter Frederick Morrison, and John F. Seitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, Peter Cooper ranks 45. Before him are József Katona, Henryk Rzewuski, José Ignacio Pavón, George Peacock, Juan Francisco Giró, and John Nelson. After him is Allan Cunningham. Among people deceased in 1883, Peter Cooper ranks 66. Before him are Sven Nilsson, Matthew Webb, Samo Chalupka, Victor Puiseux, John Lawrence LeConte, and Jeremiah S. Black. After him are William Spottiswoode, Henry John Stephen Smith, and Lot M. Morrill.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Cooper ranks 10,163 out of 18,182. Before him are Nancy Kyes (1949), Erle C. Kenton (1896), Happy Rockefeller (1926), Derek Jeter (1974), Lee Tergesen (1965), and John R. Leonetti (1956). After him are Theodore Roethke (1908), Alex Chilton (1950), Greg Graffin (1964), Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), Jim Neidhart (1955), and Eddie Lang (1902).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Peter Cooper ranks 106. Before him are Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860), Lewis Howard Latimer (1848), Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), Frank J. Sprague (1857), Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924), and Charles Ammi Cutter (1837). After him are Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Arthur Fry (1931), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), John F. Seitz (1892), Charles F. Kettering (1958), and Marc Andreessen (1971).

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