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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 142,479 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 27 in 2019). Robert Stirling is the 132nd most popular inventor (down from 127th in 2019), the 1,119th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,061st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Inventor.

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  • 140k

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  • 58.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Robert Stirling ranks 132 out of 354. Before him are Gideon Sundback, Elisha Gray, Robert Adler, Hugo Schmeisser, Henri Giffard, and Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. After him are Louis Le Prince, Paul Otlet, Robert Moog, Gunther von Hagens, Johann Jacob Schweppe, and Josiah Warren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Robert Stirling ranks 12. Before him are John Tyler, Alphonse de Lamartine, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Nicolas Chauvin, John Frederic Daniell, and Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Adolph Diesterweg, Leopold, Prince of Salerno, Gideon Mantell, John Austin, José Antonio Páez, and Marquis de Custine. Among people deceased in 1878, Robert Stirling ranks 23. Before him are Antoine César Becquerel, Mercedes of Orléans, Mariam Baouardy, Henri Victor Regnault, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, and Carl von Rokitansky. After him are Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Carlo Blasis, Władysław Tarnowski, Mindon Min, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, and Đura Jakšić.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Stirling ranks 1,119 out of 7,765. Before him are Rick Astley (1966), Robert Faurisson (1929), Joan Robinson (1903), Emily Blunt (1983), Tim Staffell (1948), and Arthur Drewry (1891). After him are Tom Simpson (1937), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), Marty Feldman (1934), Joseph Bell (1837), John Fisher (1469), and Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Robert Stirling ranks 23. Before him are Edmund Cartwright (1743), W. O. Bentley (1888), William Webb Ellis (1806), Samuel Crompton (1753), Clive Sinclair (1940), and John Kay (1704). After him are Jethro Tull (1674), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), David Edward Hughes (1831), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Matthew Boulton (1728), and Sandford Fleming (1827).

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