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Preston Tucker

1903 - 1956

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Preston Thomas Tucker (21 September 1903 – 26 December 1956) was an American automobile entrepreneur who developed the innovative Tucker 48 sedan, initially nicknamed the "Tucker Torpedo", an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars. Production of the Tucker '48 was shut down on 3 March 1949 amid scandal and controversial accusations of stock fraud, of which Tucker was eventually acquitted. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Preston Tucker has received more than 1,368,114 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Preston Tucker is the 274th most popular engineer (down from 203rd in 2019), the 6,328th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,432nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Engineer.

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  • 55.47

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Preston Tucker ranks 274 out of 389. Before him are Boris Chertok, Verghese Kurien, Marcel Deprez, Hendrik Wade Bode, Fulgence Bienvenüe, and Louis Pouzin. After him are Robert W. Paul, Gerhard Fieseler, Rudy Van Gelder, Mikhail Tikhonravov, Eilmer of Malmesbury, and Arthur Rudolph.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Preston Tucker ranks 241. Before him are Vladimir Lossky, Hamilton Luske, Pierre Brossolette, Charles Rigoulot, Igor Newerly, and Süreyya Ağaoğlu. After him are Olav Sunde, Julie Vlasto, Jaipal Singh Munda, Humberto de Araújo Benevenuto, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and Jean Tardieu. Among people deceased in 1956, Preston Tucker ranks 147. Before him are E. T. Whittaker, Benjamin Glazer, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, David Seymour, Albert Kluyver, and Flora Sandes. After him are Grigory Shajn, Louis Bromfield, Louis Calhern, César Espinoza, Fanny Durack, and Doca.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Preston Tucker ranks 6,328 out of 20,380. Before him are Anne Jackson (1925), Gary Gilmore (1940), Lee Barnes (1906), Cornelius Warmerdam (1915), Anna Kendrick (1985), and Roger Sessions (1896). After him are Stephen Hopkins (1707), Ted Schroeder (1921), Charles Hallahan (1943), Carl Scarborough (1914), Richard Portnow (1947), and Stuart Gordon (1947).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Preston Tucker ranks 25. Before him are Kenneth Nichols (1907), Aron Ralston (1975), Jon Postel (1943), Butler Lampson (1943), Eugene Polley (1915), and Hendrik Wade Bode (1905). After him are Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Burt Rutan (1943), Alan Shugart (1930), Frances Spence (1922), and Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892).

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