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Yvonne Brill

1924 - 2013

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Yvonne Madelaine Brill (née Claeys; December 30, 1924 – March 27, 2013) was a Canadian American rocket and jet propulsion engineer. She is responsible for inventing the Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster (EHT/Resistojet), a fuel-efficient rocket thruster that keeps today’s satellites in orbit, and holds a patent for its invention. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yvonne Brill has received more than 80,637 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Yvonne Brill is the 397th most popular inventor (down from 342nd in 2019), the 571st most popular biography from Canada (down from 424th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Yvonne Brill ranks 397 out of 426. Before her are Bill Atkinson, Gary Fisher, George Beauchamp, Dean Kamen, Granville Woods, and Bette Nesmith Graham. After her are Walter Frederick Morrison, John Whitehurst, Arnold Orville Beckman, Peter Cooper, Arthur Fry, and Charles F. Kettering.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Yvonne Brill ranks 447. Before her are Sofía Ímber, Ragnar Lundberg, Boris Markov, Harvey Kurtzman, Susanna Amatuni, and Knut Steen. After her are George Amick, Earl Scruggs, Ralph Miliband, James Lighthill, Robert Sobukwe, and Arvo Viitanen. Among people deceased in 2013, Yvonne Brill ranks 426. Before her are Derek Kevan, Janet Rowley, Robin Sachs, Michel Knuysen, Mohamed Brahmi, and Sayan Sanya. After her are Stan Vickers, Sharon Stouder, Peter Geach, Milo O'Shea, Ronnie Ray Smith, and Robert Byrne.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Yvonne Brill ranks 571 out of 1,622. Before her are Thomas Middleditch (1982), Ken Kirzinger (1959), Mac DeMarco (1990), Jagmeet Singh (1979), Herb Drury (1896), and Hilarion Kapral (1948). After her are Teryl Rothery (1962), Helen Shaver (1951), Hilda Strike (1910), Claude Vivier (1948), Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849), and Daniel David Palmer (1845).

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Among INVENTORS In Canada

Among inventors born in Canada, Yvonne Brill ranks 5. Before her are James Naismith (1861), Reginald Fessenden (1866), Gerald Bull (1928), and Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907).

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