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Almon Brown Strowger

1839 - 1902

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Almon Brown Strowger (; February 11, 1839 – May 26, 1902) was an American inventor for whom the Strowger switch, an electromechanical telephone exchange technology, is named. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Almon Brown Strowger is the 316th most popular inventor (up from 356th in 2019), the 6,777th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,872nd in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Almon Brown Strowger ranks 316 out of 426. Before him are Paul von Jankó, Wilson Greatbatch, Abraham Darby I, Whitcomb L. Judson, Rostislav Alexeyev, and Kenjiro Takayanagi. After him are Walter Bruch, John Shepherd-Barron, Nils Bohlin, Didi Senft, Alexander P. de Seversky, and George Devol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Almon Brown Strowger ranks 79. Before him are Caterina Volpicelli, Julius Petersen, Calixto García, Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Aleksandr Stoletov, and Nicolás de Piérola. After him are Ludwig Mond, Julius Wilbrand, Julius von Hann, Tage Reedtz-Thott, Nicolaas Pierson, and Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg. Among people deceased in 1902, Almon Brown Strowger ranks 62. Before him are Gleb Uspensky, Saigō Jūdō, John Wesley Powell, Lőrinc Schlauch, Clémence Royer, and Ludwig von Brenner. After him are Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Jimmy Ross, Princess Marie of Nassau, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, John Houlding, and Dmitry Sipyagin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Almon Brown Strowger ranks 6,779 out of 20,380. Before him are Franchot Tone (1905), Walter Lang (1896), Fred Williamson (1938), Richard Lewis (1947), Gregory Olsen (1945), and Scott Patterson (1958). After him are Jerry Schatzberg (1927), James Shigeta (1929), Courtney B. Vance (1960), Ray Barretto (1929), Duane Hanson (1925), and Erik Olin Wright (1947).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Almon Brown Strowger ranks 82. Before him are Frank Zamboni (1901), Jacob Perkins (1766), L. L. Langstroth (1810), Marion Donovan (1917), Wilson Greatbatch (1919), and Whitcomb L. Judson (1846). After him are George Devol (1912), Jack Northrop (1895), Hannibal Goodwin (1822), Joseph Engelberger (1925), Edward Lawry Norton (1898), and Henry M. Leland (1843).

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