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Thomas Sopwith

1888 - 1989

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Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was a British aviation pioneer, businessman and yachtsman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Sopwith has received more than 180,020 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Thomas Sopwith is the 330th most popular engineer (down from 310th in 2019), the 5,235th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,035th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Engineer.

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  • 39.39

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Thomas Sopwith ranks 330 out of 323. Before him are C. H. Douglas, Tom Dowd, Bob Bell, Sydney Camm, John Lombe, and Mehdi Jomaa. After him are James Allison, Mike Coughlan, John Houbolt, Tessy Thomas, Tom Kilburn, and Mike Gascoyne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Thomas Sopwith ranks 241. Before him are Georges Vanier, David Jacobs, Jack Holt, Walther Penck, Paul Cavanagh, and James Waddell Alexander II. After him are Tor Lund, Daniel Norling, Monty Woolley, Clarence DeMar, Clemence Dane, and John Crowe Ransom. Among people deceased in 1989, Thomas Sopwith ranks 267. Before him are Jack Smith, Wally Ris, Ray McAnally, György Kulin, Lawrence Stevens, and Aileen Pringle. After him are Prem Nazir, Beatrice Lillie, Shamil Serikov, Andrey Prokofyev, Constance Binney, and Frances Bavier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Sopwith ranks 5,235 out of 7,765. Before him are Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Ron Springett (1935), Hugh Blair (1718), Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Camilla Luddington (1983), and Viv Anderson (1956). After him are Tom Heaton (1986), Caryl Churchill (1938), James Allison (1968), Harvey Barnes (1997), Jason Hughes (1971), and Rhodri Morgan (1939).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Sopwith ranks 44. Before him are Tommy Flowers (1905), Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), C. H. Douglas (1879), Bob Bell (1958), Sydney Camm (1893), and John Lombe (1693). After him are James Allison (1968), Mike Coughlan (1959), Tom Kilburn (1921), Mike Gascoyne (1963), James Key (1972), and James Guthrie (1953).

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