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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 261,892 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Frederick Morrison is the 372nd most popular inventor (down from 326th in 2019), the 10,798th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,081st in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 260k

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  • 40.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 372 out of 354. Before him are Charles Ammi Cutter, Peter Cooper, Mohamed M. Atalla, Arnold Orville Beckman, Richard Pearse, and Arthur Fry. After him are John F. Seitz, Lawrence Hargrave, Charles F. Kettering, Marc Andreessen, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, and Jarkko Oikarinen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 377. Before him are Doug Serrurier, Hans Gerschwiler, Ronald Pope, Alberto Calderón, Duncan Hamilton, and Paul Scott. After him are Ronald Searle, Ram Swarup, Tony Crook, Veerasamy Ringadoo, Noel Neill, and Ruth Graham. Among people deceased in 2010, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 386. Before him are Art Clokey, Mitch Miller, Jimmy Dean, Helen Wagner, Nodar Kumaritashvili, and Nan Martin. After him are Vladislav Galkin, Peter Christopherson, Jim Fuchs, Kate McGarrigle, Bobby Smith, and Wilma Mankiller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 10,798 out of 18,182. Before him are Daniel DiNardo (1949), Carmine Giovinazzo (1973), Carl Levin (1934), Jane Randolph (1914), Jeremy Strong (1978), and Chuck Leavell (1952). After him are Joe Paterno (1926), Fred Schneider (1951), Jonathan Breck (1965), Colton Ford (1962), David Del Tredici (1937), and John F. Seitz (1892).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 109. Before him are Frank J. Sprague (1857), Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), Peter Cooper (1791), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), and Arthur Fry (1931). After him are John F. Seitz (1892), Charles F. Kettering (1958), Marc Andreessen (1971), Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922), David Hahn (1976), and Wendell Brown (1961).

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