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Walter Frederick Morrison

1920 - 2010

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Walter Frederick Morrison (January 23, 1920 – February 9, 2010) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, who invented the Frisbee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Frederick Morrison has received more than 278,925 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Frederick Morrison is the 398th most popular inventor (down from 372nd in 2019), the 10,131st most popular biography from United States (up from 10,775th in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 398 out of 426. Before him are Gary Fisher, George Beauchamp, Dean Kamen, Granville Woods, Bette Nesmith Graham, and Yvonne Brill. After him are John Whitehurst, Arnold Orville Beckman, Peter Cooper, Arthur Fry, Charles F. Kettering, and Stanford R. Ovshinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 404. Before him are Philippa Pearce, Antoinette Meyer, Beah Richards, Ronald Pope, Adele Goldstine, and Man Mohan Adhikari. After him are Adolph Dubs, Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Jacqueline Mazéas, Keith Andrews, Julio Bolbochán, and Sitara Devi. Among people deceased in 2010, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 395. Before him are Kazimierz Paździor, Pentti Linnosvuo, Joe Mantell, Lionel Cox, Ljupčo Jordanovski, and Franciszek Gągor. After him are Krystyna Bochenek, Jerry Bock, Peter Orlovsky, Gil Merrick, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, and Michele Giordano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 10,131 out of 20,380. Before him are Herbert Boyer (1936), Jeanne Bates (1918), Anna Chlumsky (1980), Grady Booch (1955), John Bell (1796), and Riley Keough (1989). After him are Adele Astaire (1896), Ronnie Hawkins (1935), C. I. Lewis (1883), Leon Rippy (1949), Phyllis Haver (1899), and Jack Lew (1955).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 114. Before him are Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), Gary Fisher (1950), George Beauchamp (1899), Dean Kamen (1951), Granville Woods (1856), and Bette Nesmith Graham (1924). After him are Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Peter Cooper (1791), Arthur Fry (1931), Charles F. Kettering (1958), Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922), and Clarence Birdseye (1886).

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