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William McMaster Murdoch

1873 - 1912

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William McMaster Murdoch, RNR (28 February 1873 – 15 April 1912) was a Scottish sailor who served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Reserve and was the first officer on the RMS Titanic. He was the officer in charge on the bridge when the Titanic collided with an iceberg, and was amongst the 1,500 people who died when the ship sank. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William McMaster Murdoch has received more than 1,770,340 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 27 in 2019). William McMaster Murdoch is the 774th most popular writer (down from 642nd in 2019), the 593rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 509th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Writer.

William Mcmaster Murdoch was a British engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is most famous for inventing the incandescent light bulb.

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  • 1.8M

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  • 63.57

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 774 out of 7,302. Before him are Aelia Eudocia, Masaru Emoto, Gregory of Narek, Antoine Galland, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Arrigo Boito. After him are Valerius Maximus, Alexander Blok, Eleanor Marx, V. S. Naipaul, Demetrius Vikelas, and Sinclair Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 23. Before him are Julius Martov, G. E. Moore, Max Reger, Spyridon Louis, Sándor Ferenczi, and Pavlo Skoropadskyi. After him are Francisco I. Madero, Kyösti Kallio, Max Reinhardt, Alice Guy-Blaché, Christian Rakovsky, and Feodor Chaliapin. Among people deceased in 1912, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 18. Before him are Robert Falcon Scott, Joseph Lister, Auguste Beernaert, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Benjamin Guggenheim. After him are Johann Martin Schleyer, James Paul Moody, Nettie Stevens, George Darwin, Franz Reichelt, and Nogi Maresuke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 593 out of 8,785. Before him are Annie Lennox (1954), Joan Collins (1933), Ramsay MacDonald (1866), Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), David Attenborough (1926), and Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1631). After him are Philippa of Lancaster (1360), Eleanor Marx (1855), Richard Francis Burton (1821), Pope Adrian IV (1100), Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415), and Robert Carlyle (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 68. Before him are Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), Christopher Tolkien (1924), Beatrix Potter (1866), Walter Raleigh (1554), A. J. Cronin (1896), and Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809). After him are Eleanor Marx (1855), Thomas Hardy (1840), John le Carré (1931), Tony Buzan (1942), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), and Edgar Wallace (1875).

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