1771 - 1805
Thomas Wedgwood (14 May 1771 – 10 July 1805) was an English photographer and inventor. He is most widely known as an early experimenter in the field of photography. He is the first person known to have thought of creating permanent pictures by capturing camera images on material coated with a light-sensitive chemical. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Wedgwood has received more than 5,411 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Thomas Wedgwood is the 275th most popular inventor (down from 262nd in 2019), the 2,689th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 46th most popular British Inventor.
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Among inventors, Thomas Wedgwood ranks 275 out of 355. Before him are Walter Bruch, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Štefan Banič, Paul von Jankó, Victor Hasselblad, and Rostislav Alexeyev. After him are John Shepherd-Barron, Harry Brearley, James Nasmyth, Rowland Hill, George Graham, and Ivan Kulibin.
1908 - 1990
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 269
1835 - 1867
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 270
1870 - 1941
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 271
1856 - 1919
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 272
1906 - 1978
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 273
1916 - 1980
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 274
1771 - 1805
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 275
1925 - 2010
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 276
1871 - 1948
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 277
1808 - 1890
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 278
1795 - 1879
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 279
1673 - 1751
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 280
1735 - 1818
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 281
Among people born in 1771, Thomas Wedgwood ranks 36. Before him are Ivan Martinov, Pierre Baillot, Caroline of Hesse-Homburg, Józef Chłopicki, Hans Nielsen Hauge, and Jacob Sturm. After him is George Bass. Among people deceased in 1805, Thomas Wedgwood ranks 22. Before him are Conrad Moench, Pehr Osbeck, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, John Robison, and Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage. After him are Mihály Csokonai, Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and Franz Xaver von Wulfen.
1771 - 1833
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 30
1771 - 1842
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 31
1771 - 1854
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 32
1771 - 1854
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 33
1771 - 1824
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 34
1771 - 1848
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 35
1771 - 1805
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 36
1771 - 1803
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 37
1744 - 1805
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 16
1723 - 1805
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 17
1755 - 1805
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 18
1737 - 1805
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 19
1739 - 1805
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 20
1765 - 1805
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 21
1771 - 1805
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 22
1773 - 1805
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 23
1743 - 1805
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 24
1728 - 1805
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 25
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Wedgwood ranks 2,689 out of 6,924. Before him are Alan Young (1919), Mick Jackson (1943), Dick Parry (1942), Jane Morris (1839), John Florio (1553), and Charles Williams (1886). After him are Nicky Hopkins (1944), Tom Baker (1934), Derek Bell (1941), Elizabeth Fry (1780), Mary Renault (1905), and Lady Sarah Chatto (1964).
1919 - 2016
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 2,683
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 2,684
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 2,685
1839 - 1914
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2,686
1553 - 1625
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2,687
1886 - 1945
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2,688
1771 - 1805
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2,689
1944 - 1994
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2,690
1934 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2,691
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2,692
1780 - 1845
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 2,693
1905 - 1983
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 2,694
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 2,695
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Thomas Wedgwood ranks 46. Before him are Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Joseph Aspdin (1778), Clive Sinclair (1940), Arthur Wynne (1871), John Wilkinson (1728), and Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835). After him are Harry Brearley (1871), James Nasmyth (1808), Rowland Hill (1795), George Graham (1673), John Barnard (1946), and Joseph Bramah (1748).
1892 - 1973
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 40
1778 - 1855
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 41
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 42
1871 - 1945
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 43
1728 - 1808
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 44
1835 - 1867
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 45
1771 - 1805
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 46
1871 - 1948
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 47
1808 - 1890
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 48
1795 - 1879
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 49
1673 - 1751
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 50
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 51
1748 - 1814
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 52