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Alexander Parkes

1813 - 1890

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Alexander Parkes (29 December 1813 – 29 June 1890) was a metallurgist and inventor from Birmingham, England. He created Parkesine, the first man-made plastic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Parkes is the 242nd most popular inventor (down from 227th in 2019), the 2,565th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,072nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Alexander Parkes ranks 242 out of 426. Before him are Aurel Stodola, Philo Farnsworth, Tivadar Puskás, Robert Whitehead, Aimo Lahti, and Henry Maudslay. After him are John Kemp Starley, Wan Hu, Charles Martin Hall, Georges Hébert, Ricardo Wolf, and Ottó Bláthy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Alexander Parkes ranks 44. Before him are Adolph Kolping, Stephen Heller, Jean Stas, Ludwig Leichhardt, Carl Jaenisch, and József Eötvös. After him are Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, Antonio García Gutiérrez, John C. Frémont, Theodor Kotschy, and Edmond de Sélys Longchamps. Among people deceased in 1890, Alexander Parkes ranks 40. Before him are Vasile Alecsandri, Ignaz von Döllinger, Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Franz Lachner, Alexander Mozhaysky, and Octave Feuillet. After him are Jacques-Louis Soret, John C. Frémont, Władysław Taczanowski, Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, Marianne North, and Pyotr Chikhachyov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Parkes ranks 2,566 out of 8,785. Before him are Ray Clemence (1948), Lesley Nicol (1953), Michael Tippett (1905), Alan Gardiner (1879), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), and James Braid (1795). After him are William Foulke (1874), James Harrington (1611), Midge Ure (1953), Robert Morley (1908), John Kemp Starley (1854), and John Burgoyne (1722).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Alexander Parkes ranks 37. Before him are David Edward Hughes (1831), Jethro Tull (1674), Elihu Thomson (1853), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Robert Whitehead (1823), and Henry Maudslay (1771). After him are John Kemp Starley (1854), Clive Sinclair (1940), Arthur Wynne (1871), John Barnard (1946), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), and Alexander Bain (1810).

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