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Charles Algernon Parsons

1854 - 1931

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Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (13 June 1854 – 11 February 1931) was an Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor who designed the modern steam turbine in 1884. His invention revolutionised marine propulsion, and he was also the founder of C. A. Parsons and Company. He worked as an engineer on dynamo and turbine design, and power generation, with great influence in the naval and electrical engineering fields. He also helped develop optical equipment for searchlights and telescopes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Algernon Parsons is the 169th most popular inventor (down from 144th in 2019), the 1,702nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,222nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Charles Algernon Parsons ranks 169 out of 426. Before him are Oliver Lodge, Georg Luger, Alfred Vail, Guillaume Amontons, Robert Watson-Watt, and Robert Metcalfe. After him are Jang Yeong-sil, John Ericsson, Sandford Fleming, Heinrich Göbel, Charles Cros, and Uziel Gal.

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Among people born in 1854, Charles Algernon Parsons ranks 37. Before him are Thomas R. Marshall, Otto Sverdrup, Alfredo Catalani, Lady Randolph Churchill, Edward Carson, and Jacek Malczewski. After him are Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Charles Webster Leadbeater, John Philip Sousa, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Patrick Geddes, and Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1931, Charles Algernon Parsons ranks 47. Before him are Jaime, Duke of Madrid, Joe Masseria, Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Eugene de Blaas, and Thomas Lipton. After him are Mohammad Ali Jauhar, David Bruce, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Shibusawa Eiichi, Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and Salvatore Maranzano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Algernon Parsons ranks 1,702 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Balliol (1283), George Young (1946), Henry Cole (1808), Robert Faurisson (1929), Karen Gillan (1987), and N. T. Wright (1948). After him are Harold Shipman (1946), Herbert Kilpin (1870), Rupert Everett (1959), Frederic Bartlett (1886), Robert Hardy (1925), and Charles Joughin (1878).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Charles Algernon Parsons ranks 26. Before him are Samuel Crompton (1753), W. O. Bentley (1888), John Kay (1704), Robert Stirling (1790), Oliver Lodge (1851), and Robert Watson-Watt (1892). After him are Sandford Fleming (1827), Matthew Boulton (1728), William Murdoch (1754), James Dyson (1947), David Edward Hughes (1831), and Jethro Tull (1674).

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