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Alexander Lodygin

1847 - 1923

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Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin, known after immigration to US as Alexandre de Lodyguine (Russian: Александр Николаевич Лодыгин; October 6, 1847 – March 16, 1923) was a Russian electrical engineer and inventor, one of the inventors of the incandescent light bulb. Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin was born in Stenshino village, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire. His parents were of a very old and noble family (descendants of Andrei Kobyla like Romanovs), but of very moderate means. He studied at the Tambov Cadet School (1859–1865). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Lodygin is the 198th most popular engineer (down from 195th in 2019), the 1,192nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,191st in 2019) and the 24th most popular Russian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Alexander Lodygin ranks 198 out of 389. Before him are Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Joseph Strauss, Alexey Sudayev, Sergei Tumansky, Philippe LeBon, and Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont. After him are François Hennebique, Vasily Mishin, Adolphe Alphand, Eugene Stoner, Arthur Morin, and Evgeny Paton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Alexander Lodygin ranks 62. Before him are Oku Yasukata, Ida Saxton McKinley, Émile Faguet, Domenico Ferrata, Lady Adela, and Frank Wigglesworth Clarke. After him are Kálmán Mikszáth, Charles Renard, Eduardo López de Romaña, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Ray Lankester, and Ellen Terry. Among people deceased in 1923, Alexander Lodygin ranks 73. Before him are Stojan Protić, Ernst Ziller, Walther Kadow, Princess Marie of Battenberg, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, and Katō Tomosaburō. After him are Józef Bilczewski, Krišjānis Barons, Gunnar Nordström, Takeo Arishima, Kuroki Tamemoto, and Jacoba van Heemskerck.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Lodygin ranks 1,192 out of 3,761. Before him are Aino Kallas (1878), Boris Gryzlov (1950), Valery Voronin (1939), Valery Ryumin (1939), Alexander Sumarokov (1717), and Dmitry Lelyushenko (1901). After him are August von Werder (1808), Boris Yegorov (1937), Nikita Simonyan (1926), Sergei Korsakoff (1854), Mikhail Petrashevsky (1821), and Evgraf Fedorov (1853).

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Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Alexander Lodygin ranks 24. Before him are Georgy Shpagin (1897), Vitaly Abalakov (1906), Mikhail Yangel (1911), Alexei Tupolev (1925), Gotthilf Hagen (1797), and Alexey Sudayev (1912). After him are Vasily Mishin (1917), Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921), Vladimir Petlyakov (1891), Semyon Lavochkin (1900), Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov (1874), and Sergey Chaplygin (1869).

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