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Frederick Winslow Taylor

1856 - 1915

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Frederick Winslow Taylor (March 20, 1856 – March 21, 1915) was an American mechanical engineer. He was widely known for his methods to improve industrial efficiency. He was one of the first management consultants. In 1909, Taylor summed up his efficiency techniques in his book The Principles of Scientific Management which, in 2001, Fellows of the Academy of Management voted the most influential management book of the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Winslow Taylor is the 9th most popular engineer (down from 7th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from United States (down from 232nd in 2019) and the most popular American Engineer.

Frederick Winslow Taylor is most famous for his "scientific management" approach to the workplace. He is credited with inventing time-and-motion studies, which study the best way to complete a task in the most efficient way possible.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Frederick Winslow Taylor ranks 9 out of 389. Before him are Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Zhuge Liang, Wernher von Braun, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, and William John Macquorn Rankine. After him are Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Alexei Kosygin, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, José Echegaray, Sergei Korolev, and André Citroën.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Frederick Winslow Taylor ranks 9. Before him are J. J. Thomson, George Bernard Shaw, Philippe Pétain, Woodrow Wilson, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, and Louis Sullivan. After him are Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Emil Kraepelin, Georgi Plekhanov, Robert Peary, and Ivan Franko. Among people deceased in 1915, Frederick Winslow Taylor ranks 4. Before him are Alexander Scriabin, Alois Alzheimer, and Paul Ehrlich. After him are Henry Moseley, Porfirio Díaz, Ellen G. White, Jean-Henri Fabre, Sergei Witte, Clara Immerwahr, Charles Tupper, and Wilhelm Windelband.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederick Winslow Taylor ranks 358 out of 20,380. Before him are Maria Branyas (1907), Leonard Bernstein (1918), Quentin Tarantino (1963), John B. Watson (1878), James A. Garfield (1831), and Demi Moore (1962). After him are John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960), Susan Sarandon (1946), Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904), Rita Hayworth (1918), Irvin D. Yalom (1931), and Bernie Sanders (1941).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Frederick Winslow Taylor ranks 1. After him are Jack Kilby (1923), Leslie Groves (1896), Howard H. Aiken (1900), Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), Henry Gantt (1861), Jack Parsons (1914), Jack Swigert (1931), Vannevar Bush (1890), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), and J. Walter Christie (1865).

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