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Eilmer of Malmesbury

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Eilmer of Malmesbury (also known as Oliver due to a scribe's miscopying, or Elmer, or Æthelmær) was an 11th-century English Benedictine monk best known for his early attempt at a gliding flight using wings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eilmer of Malmesbury is the 236th most popular engineer (up from 279th in 2019). (up from 3,852nd in 2019)

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Among engineers, Eilmer of Malmesbury ranks 236 out of 389. Before him are Georgy Beriev, Benoît Fourneyron, Enrico Forlanini, Béla Barényi, Jon Postel, and Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov. After him are Alfred Neubauer, René Panhard, Hidetsugu Yagi, Arthur Rudolph, Yahya Ayyash, and Ferdinand Mannlicher.

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Among people born in 985, Eilmer of Malmesbury ranks 8. Before him are Emma of Normandy, Radbot of Klettgau, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad, Rodulfus Glaber, Adalbert, Margrave of Austria, and Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany. After him is Theobald II of Blois.

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