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George Cayley

1773 - 1857

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Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet (27 December 1773 – 15 December 1857) was an English engineer, inventor, and aviator. He is one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Many consider him to be the first true scientific aerial investigator and the first person to understand the underlying principles and forces of flight and the creator of the wire wheel. In 1799, he set forth the concept of the modern aeroplane as a fixed-wing flying machine with separate systems for lift, propulsion, and control. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Cayley is the 95th most popular engineer (up from 97th in 2019), the 1,555th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,359th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, George Cayley ranks 95 out of 389. Before him are Charles Rolls, Vannevar Bush, Patrick Head, Karl von Terzaghi, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, and Robert Stephenson. After him are Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Vasily Degtyaryov, Paul Cornu, Hans Ledwinka, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, and André Courrèges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, George Cayley ranks 19. Before him are Thérésa Tallien, James Mill, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Henri Gatien Bertrand, Frédéric Cuvier, and Tokugawa Ienari. After him are Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Hussein Dey, Étienne Maurice Gérard, and Robert Surcouf. Among people deceased in 1857, George Cayley ranks 24. Before him are Gulab Singh, Johan Christian Dahl, Josef Ressel, Mangal Pandey, Marquis de Custine, and Achille Devéria. After him are Daniele Manin, Dionysios Solomos, Augustinos Kapodistrias, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Manuel Oribe, and Vasily Tropinin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Cayley ranks 1,555 out of 8,785. Before him are Jack Butler Yeats (1871), Robert Adam (1728), Havelock Ellis (1859), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Robert Stephenson (1803), and Jack Bruce (1943). After him are Guy Pearce (1967), Warren Hastings (1732), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Edward Lear (1812), Emily Watson (1967), and Thomas Cole (1801).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, George Cayley ranks 14. Before him are Charles George Gordon (1833), Adrian Newey (1958), Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), Patrick Head (1946), and Robert Stephenson (1803). After him are Alexander Cunningham (1814), W. Ross Ashby (1903), John Loudon McAdam (1756), John Scott Russell (1808), John Bagot Glubb (1897), and John Hughes (1814).

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