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Alexander Bain

1810 - 1877

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Alexander Bain (12 October 1810 – 2 January 1877) was a Scottish inventor and engineer who was first to invent and patent the electric clock. He created the first fax machine, known as Bain's facsimile. Bain also installed the railway telegraph lines between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Bain is the 276th most popular inventor (up from 305th in 2019), the 2,984th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,125th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Alexander Bain ranks 276 out of 426. Before him are John Barnard, Colin Archer, Léon Gaumont, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Jacob W. Davis, and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas. After him are James Nasmyth, Frederick Scott Archer, Robert Cornelius, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Joseph Aspdin, and Lester Allan Pelton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Alexander Bain ranks 67. Before him are Fritz Reuter, Louis Gallait, Juan Bautista Alberdi, Jaime Balmes, Ferdinand Freiligrath, and Robert Mallet. After him are Eugène Belgrand, Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal, Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, Grigory Gagarin, and Pierre Bosquet. Among people deceased in 1877, Alexander Bain ranks 44. Before him are José de Alencar, Anthimus VI of Constantinople, Johann von Herbeck, Fernán Caballero, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, and Nikolay Ogarev. After him are Julius Rietz, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Wilhelm Hofmeister, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Janko Matúška, and Robert Swinhoe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Bain ranks 2,985 out of 8,785. Before him are Jane Morris (1839), Delroy Lindo (1952), John Ford (1586), Matthew Garber (1956), Basil Bernstein (1924), and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850). After him are Richard Armitage (1971), Arthur Owen (1915), Anna Kingsford (1846), Felicity Jones (1983), David C. Jewitt (1958), and Ruth Wilson (1982).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Alexander Bain ranks 43. Before him are Alexander Parkes (1813), John Kemp Starley (1854), Clive Sinclair (1940), Arthur Wynne (1871), John Barnard (1946), and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850). After him are James Nasmyth (1808), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Joseph Aspdin (1778), Joseph Whitworth (1803), Samuel Morland (1625), and George Graham (1673).

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