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William Froude

1810 - 1879

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William Froude (; 28 November 1810 in Devon – 4 May 1879 in Simonstown, Cape Colony) was an English engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Froude has received more than 95,663 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Froude is the 259th most popular engineer (down from 228th in 2019), the 3,122nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,883rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Engineer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, William Froude ranks 259 out of 389. Before him are Johannes Winkler, René Panhard, Oskar von Miller, Eugène Flachat, Louis Vicat, and Jean-Augustin Barral. After him are Gioacchino Colombo, Butler Lampson, Markus Reiner, Eugene Polley, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, and Ernest Goüin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, William Froude ranks 73. Before him are Jules Malou, Philip Henry Gosse, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Eliza McCardle Johnson, Fritz Reuter, and Félicien David. After him are Alexander Bain, Baron Ignaz von Plener, Paul Kane, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, Johan August Wahlberg, and Louis Fraser. Among people deceased in 1879, William Froude ranks 49. Before him are Peter Michal Bohúň, Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Lyuben Karavelov, Rowland Hill, William Lloyd Garrison, and Johann von Lamont. After him are Marguerite Bays, Édouard Spach, Jakob Stämpfli, Peter Arnold Heise, László Paál, and Epameinondas Deligeorgis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Froude ranks 3,122 out of 8,785. Before him are Edith Evans (1888), Henry Travers (1874), John Lennox (1943), Everard Home (1756), William Nicholson (1753), and Anton Lesser (1952). After him are Ben Barnes (1981), Alexander Bain (1810), Antonio Pappano (1959), Rory McCann (1969), Brian O'Nolan (1911), and M. R. James (1862).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, William Froude ranks 25. Before him are John Hughes (1814), André Waterkeyn (1917), W. Ross Ashby (1903), Frederick W. Lanchester (1868), Harvey Postlethwaite (1944), and James B. Francis (1815). After him are Robert W. Paul (1869), Pat Symonds (1953), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Mal Evans (1935), Isaac Roberts (1829), and Ron Tauranac (1925).

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