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Charles Dow

1851 - 1902

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Charles Henry Dow (; November 6, 1851 – December 4, 1902) was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser. Dow also co-founded The Wall Street Journal, which has become one of the most respected financial publications in the world. He also invented the Dow Jones Industrial Average as part of his research into market movements. He developed a series of principles for understanding and analyzing market behavior which later became known as Dow theory, the groundwork for technical analysis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Dow is the 28th most popular journalist, the 2,577th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,287th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Journalist.

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Among journalists, Charles Dow ranks 28 out of 196. Before him are Alexander Berkman, Steve McCurry, Endre Ady, Marcel Bezençon, Mauricio Funes, and Jeremy Clarkson. After him are Margaret Bourke-White, François Mignet, Christopher Hitchens, Kevin Carter, Edgar Snow, and Harriet Quimby.

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Among people born in 1851, Charles Dow ranks 28. Before him are Bernardino Machado, Torakusu Yamaha, Charles Dupuy, Guillaume Bigourdan, Arne Garborg, and Alexander, Prince of Orange. After him are Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Oliver Lodge, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Jonas Basanavičius, Stephan Burián von Rajecz, and Doc Holliday. Among people deceased in 1902, Charles Dow ranks 21. Before him are James Tissot, Henryk Siemiradzki, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Frederick Abel. After him are Masaoka Shiki, Jacint Verdaguer, Julia Grant, Jan Gotlib Bloch, Albert Bierstadt, and Prudente de Morais.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Dow ranks 2,577 out of 20,380. Before him are John Savage (1949), Lee Majors (1939), Robert Smithson (1938), R. L. Stine (1943), Bettie Page (1923), and Jennifer Grey (1960). After him are Will Eisner (1917), Anne Archer (1947), Jackie Jackson (1951), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), Timothy D. Snyder (1969), and Jim Lightbody (1882).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Charles Dow ranks 7. Before him are Lee Miller (1907), Anna Politkovskaya (1958), Dorothea Lange (1895), John Reed (1887), W. Eugene Smith (1918), and Steve McCurry (1950). After him are Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Edgar Snow (1905), Harriet Quimby (1875), Walker Evans (1903), Diana Nyad (1949), and Joe Rosenthal (1911).

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