Inventor

Robert Cornelius

American photographer and lamp manufacturer

1809 - 1893

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Robert Cornelius

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Cornelius is the 280th most popular inventor (down from 257th in 2024), the 5,544th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,222nd in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Inventor.

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Robert Cornelius's biography spans 22 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 58.46.

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Among Inventors

Among inventors, Robert Cornelius ranks 280 out of 433. Before him are Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Jacob W. Davis, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Alexander Bain, James Nasmyth, and Frederick Scott Archer. After him are Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Joseph Aspdin, Lester Allan Pelton, Valerie Thomas, Joseph Whitworth, and Beulah Louise Henry.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

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Franz Xaver Gabelsberger
1789 - 1849
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 274
Jacob W. Davis
1831 - 1908
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 275
Sidney Gilchrist Thomas
1850 - 1885
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 276
Alexander Bain
1810 - 1877
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 277
James Nasmyth
1808 - 1890
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 278
Frederick Scott Archer
1813 - 1857
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 279
Robert Cornelius
1809 - 1893
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 280
Robert Ludvigovich Bartini
1897 - 1974
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 281
Joseph Aspdin
1778 - 1855
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 282
Lester Allan Pelton
1829 - 1908
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 283
Valerie Thomas
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 284
Joseph Whitworth
1803 - 1887
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 285
Beulah Louise Henry
1888 - 1973
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 286

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Robert Cornelius ranks 52. Before him are Benjamin Peirce, Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, James Glaisher, Manuel Montt, Louis Charles Delescluze, and Rutherford Alcock. After him are Santiago Derqui, Cyrus McCormick, Johann Heinrich Blasius, Nicolaas Pieneman, James David Forbes, and Petrus Borel. Among people deceased in 1893, Robert Cornelius ranks 56. Before him are Grigor Parlichev, Concepción Arenal, Arabo, Georgi Pulevski, John Abbott, and Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ. After him are Jean Dufresne, Grigory Gagarin, Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, Adolphe Yvon, Joseph Hellmesberger Sr., and Michał Elwiro Andriolli.

Others Born in 1809

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Benjamin Peirce
MATHEMATICIAN
1809 - 1880
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 46
Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1867
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 47
James Glaisher
ASTRONOMER
1809 - 1903
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 48
Manuel Montt
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1880
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 49
Louis Charles Delescluze
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1871
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 50
Rutherford Alcock
PHYSICIAN
1809 - 1897
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 51
Robert Cornelius
INVENTOR
1809 - 1893
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 52
Santiago Derqui
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1867
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 53
Cyrus McCormick
INVENTOR
1809 - 1884
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 54
Johann Heinrich Blasius
BIOLOGIST
1809 - 1870
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 55
Nicolaas Pieneman
PAINTER
1809 - 1860
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 56
James David Forbes
PHYSICIST
1809 - 1868
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 57
Petrus Borel
WRITER
1809 - 1859
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 58