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David Bushnell

1742 - 1824

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David Bushnell (August 30, 1740 – 1824) was an American inventor, patriot, teacher, and a medical doctor. Bushnell invented the first submarine to be used in battle, Turtle, as well as a floating mine triggered by contact. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Bushnell is the 113th most popular inventor (up from 307th in 2019), the 1,705th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,910th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, David Bushnell ranks 113 out of 426. Before him are Orban, Walter Hunt, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Vladimir K. Zworykin, William Webb Ellis, and Johann Philipp Reis. After him are Josiah Warren, Clément Ader, Jacque Fresco, Robert Noyce, James Hargreaves, and Edmund Cartwright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1742, David Bushnell ranks 10. Before him are Yemelyan Pugachev, Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, James Wilson, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, and Nicolas Leblanc. After him are Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Dositej Obradović, Pōmare I, François Laurent d'Arlandes, and Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard. Among people deceased in 1824, David Bushnell ranks 14. Before him are James Parkinson, Agustín de Iturbide, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, and Maine de Biran. After him are Maria Theresia von Paradis, Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Friedrich August Wolf, Rama II of Siam, Ercole Consalvi, and Charles-François Lebrun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Bushnell ranks 1,705 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Thaler (1945), Pat Nixon (1912), Marshall Rosenberg (1934), Roberts Blossom (1924), Danny Aiello (1933), and Harry Carey Jr. (1921). After him are William Randolph Hearst (1863), Rene Russo (1954), Randy Jackson (1961), Daniel Davis (1945), Patrick Duffy (1949), and Donna Reed (1921).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, David Bushnell ranks 32. Before him are John Browning (1855), Ray Tomlinson (1941), Raymond Damadian (1936), Leo Fender (1909), Elisha Otis (1811), and Walter Hunt (1796). After him are Josiah Warren (1798), Jacque Fresco (1916), Robert Noyce (1927), George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859), Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924), and Percy Spencer (1894).

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