INVENTOR

Richard Pearse

1877 - 1953

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Richard William Pearse (3 December 1877 – 29 July 1953) was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments. Witnesses interviewed many years afterward describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March 1903, nine months before the Wright brothers flew.: 21–30  Ambiguous statements made by Pearse himself make it difficult to date the aviation experiments with certainty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Pearse has received more than 283,202 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Pearse is the 406th most popular inventor (down from 370th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 97th in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Richard Pearse ranks 406 out of 426. Before him are Arnold Orville Beckman, Peter Cooper, Arthur Fry, Charles F. Kettering, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, and Kamil Tolon. After him are Roger C. Field, Clarence Birdseye, Charles Ammi Cutter, Lawrence Hargrave, John F. Seitz, and Sarah E. Goode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Richard Pearse ranks 196. Before him are Montagu Love, Edward Barrett, Adolf Möller, Lloyd C. Douglas, Norman Pritchard, and Robert F. Wagner. After him are Carl Hayden, and Clarence McKerrow. Among people deceased in 1953, Richard Pearse ranks 191. Before him are Alex James, Josef Ternström, Robert G. Vignola, Alan Curtis, Roland Young, and Robert F. Wagner. After him are Asaf Ali, Robert Stangland, William Farnum, George Barnes, David Curtiss Munson, and Alice Eastwood.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Richard Pearse ranks 109 out of 303. Before him are Peter Arnett (1934), Alexander Aitken (1895), Tony Hurt (1946), Mike Moore (1949), Catherine Tizard (1931), and Callan Mulvey (1975). After him are Winston Peters (1945), Kerry Fox (1966), Jerry Mateparae (1954), Trevor Coker (1949), Keith Holyoake (1904), and Jim Bolger (1935).

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Among INVENTORS In New Zealand

Among inventors born in New Zealand, Richard Pearse ranks 1. 

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