INVENTOR

Robert Stirling

1790 - 1878

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Robert Stirling (25 October 1790 – 6 June 1878) was a Scottish clergyman and engineer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Stirling has received more than 152,960 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Robert Stirling is the 145th most popular inventor (down from 132nd in 2019), the 1,228th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,115th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Robert Stirling ranks 145 out of 426. Before him are John Ericsson, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Georg Luger, John Kay, Sequoyah, and Charles Algernon Parsons. After him are Elias Howe, Uziel Gal, Edwin Howard Armstrong, Viktor Schauberger, Bob Kahn, and Jang Yeong-sil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Robert Stirling ranks 13. Before him are George Everest, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Nicolas Chauvin, John Frederic Daniell, Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and John Austin. After him are Marquis de Custine, Adolph Diesterweg, Gideon Mantell, Markos Botsaris, José Antonio Páez, and William Parry. Among people deceased in 1878, Robert Stirling ranks 26. Before him are Mariam Baouardy, Mercedes of Orléans, Carlo Blasis, Władysław Tarnowski, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, and Carl von Rokitansky. After him are Roberto de Visiani, Mindon Min, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, Maurice Joly, Đura Jakšić, and Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Stirling ranks 1,228 out of 8,785. Before him are Black (1962), Stephen Hales (1677), Dave Evans (1953), Jimmy Savile (1926), James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), and George Biddell Airy (1801). After him are Ciarán Hinds (1953), Frances Shand Kydd (1936), Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855), John Hunter (1728), James Faulkner (1948), and Joseph Banks (1743).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Robert Stirling ranks 23. Before him are John Harrison (1693), Edmund Cartwright (1743), Samuel Crompton (1753), W. O. Bentley (1888), John Kay (1704), and Charles Algernon Parsons (1854). After him are William Murdoch (1754), Elihu Thomson (1853), Matthew Boulton (1728), James Dyson (1947), Sandford Fleming (1827), and Jethro Tull (1674).

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