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Cyrus McCormick

1809 - 1884

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Cyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884) was an American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902. Originally from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, he and many members of the McCormick family became prominent residents of Chicago. McCormick always claimed credit as the single inventor of the mechanical reaper. He was, however, one of several designing engineers who produced working models in the 1830s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cyrus McCormick is the 288th most popular inventor (down from 273rd in 2019), the 5,838th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,816th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Inventor.

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Among inventors, Cyrus McCormick ranks 288 out of 426. Before him are Lester Allan Pelton, Valerie Thomas, Joseph Whitworth, Beulah Louise Henry, Genrich Altshuller, and Ottomar Anschütz. After him are Mark Rober, Ralph Hartley, Petrache Poenaru, Frank Zamboni, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, and Max Valier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Cyrus McCormick ranks 54. Before him are James Glaisher, Manuel Montt, Louis Charles Delescluze, Rutherford Alcock, Robert Cornelius, and Santiago Derqui. After him are Johann Heinrich Blasius, Nicolaas Pieneman, James David Forbes, Petrus Borel, Theodor Benfey, and Aleksey Koltsov. Among people deceased in 1884, Cyrus McCormick ranks 48. Before him are Johann Gottfried Piefke, Victor Massé, Giuseppe De Nittis, Juan Bautista Alberdi, Pavlo Chubynsky, and Kiến Phúc. After him are Miroslav Tyrš, Emanuel Geibel, Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Buenaventura Báez, and Jean-Augustin Barral.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cyrus McCormick ranks 5,838 out of 20,380. Before him are Katharine McPhee (1984), Richard Hartshorne (1899), John D. Rockefeller III (1906), Alfred Blalock (1899), Ted Post (1918), and Harold Sakata (1920). After him are Ian Ziering (1964), Taj Mahal (1942), Gary Cole (1956), Alan Tudyk (1971), Charles Martin Smith (1953), and Andrea True (1943).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Cyrus McCormick ranks 73. Before him are Michael S. Hart (1947), Ray Dolby (1933), Robert Cornelius (1809), Lester Allan Pelton (1829), Valerie Thomas (1943), and Beulah Louise Henry (1888). After him are Mark Rober (1980), Ralph Hartley (1888), Frank Zamboni (1901), Jacob Perkins (1766), L. L. Langstroth (1810), and Marion Donovan (1917).

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