1795 - 1879
Sir Rowland Hill, KCB, FRS (3 December 1795 – 27 August 1879) was an English teacher, inventor and social reformer. He campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of Uniform Penny Post and his solution of pre-payment, facilitating the safe, speedy and cheap transfer of letters. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rowland Hill has received more than 232,572 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Rowland Hill is the 286th most popular inventor (down from 279th in 2019), the 2,938th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,749th in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Inventor.
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Among inventors, Rowland Hill ranks 286 out of 354. Before him are Thomas Wedgwood, Ivan Kulibin, André Blondel, Jack Northrop, Rostislav Alexeyev, and Wilson Greatbatch. After him are Peter Carl Goldmark, Ralph Hartley, Tabitha Babbitt, John Barnard, Walter Bruch, and Bernard Lown.
1771 - 1805
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 280
1735 - 1818
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 281
1863 - 1938
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 282
1895 - 1981
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 283
1916 - 1980
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 284
1919 - 2011
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 285
1795 - 1879
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 286
1906 - 1977
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 287
1888 - 1970
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 288
1779 - 1853
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 289
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 290
1908 - 1990
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 291
1921 - 2021
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 292
Among people born in 1795, Rowland Hill ranks 45. Before him are James Braid, Kondraty Ryleyev, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Karl Ludwig Sand, Peter Jan Beckx, and Adolf Bernhard Marx. After him are Benjamin Morrell, Nikolaos Mantzaros, George Peabody, Joseph Böhm, Bernt Michael Holmboe, and Heinrich Rose. Among people deceased in 1879, Rowland Hill ranks 45. Before him are Jeanne Jugan, Johann von Lamont, Jakob Dubs, Aleksandr Baryatinsky, William Froude, and Lyuben Karavelov. After him are Immanuel Hermann Fichte, William Lloyd Garrison, Edward Blore, Jean Baptiste Boisduval, Peter Arnold Heise, and John Bell Hood.
1795 - 1860
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 39
1795 - 1826
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 40
1795 - 1877
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 41
1795 - 1820
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 42
1795 - 1887
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 43
1795 - 1866
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 44
1795 - 1879
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 45
1795 - 1839
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 46
1795 - 1872
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 47
1795 - 1869
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 48
1795 - 1876
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 49
1795 - 1850
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 50
1795 - 1864
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 51
1792 - 1879
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 39
1805 - 1879
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 40
1822 - 1879
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 41
1815 - 1879
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 42
1810 - 1879
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 43
1834 - 1879
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 44
1795 - 1879
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 45
1796 - 1879
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 46
1805 - 1879
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 47
1787 - 1879
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 48
1799 - 1879
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 49
1830 - 1879
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 50
1831 - 1879
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 51
Among people born in United Kingdom, Rowland Hill ranks 2,938 out of 7,765. Before him are Constance Markievicz (1868), Dave Legeno (1963), Christopher Cradock (1862), Ian Wright (1963), John Playfair (1748), and Andy Goldsworthy (1956). After him are Clare Torry (1947), Princess Louisa of Great Britain (1749), Jimmy Gardner (1924), Edmund Purdom (1926), Donald Moffat (1930), and Jeremy Northam (1961).
1868 - 1927
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 2,932
1963 - 2014
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 2,933
1862 - 1914
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 2,934
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 2,935
1748 - 1819
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 2,936
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 2,937
1795 - 1879
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 2,938
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 2,939
1749 - 1768
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 2,940
1924 - 2010
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 2,941
1926 - 2009
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 2,942
1930 - 2018
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 2,943
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 2,944
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Rowland Hill ranks 46. Before him are Samuel Morland (1625), James Nasmyth (1808), Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), Joseph Aspdin (1778), John Wilkinson (1728), and Thomas Wedgwood (1771). After him are John Barnard (1946), Joseph Bramah (1748), David Dunbar Buick (1854), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), William Friese-Greene (1855), and Isaac Pitman (1813).
1625 - 1695
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 40
1808 - 1890
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 41
1833 - 1912
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 42
1778 - 1855
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 43
1728 - 1808
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 44
1771 - 1805
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 45
1795 - 1879
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 46
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 47
1748 - 1814
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 48
1854 - 1929
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 49
1850 - 1885
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 50
1855 - 1921
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 51
1813 - 1897
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 52