INVENTOR

George Graham

1673 - 1751

George Graham

George Graham, FRS (7 July 1673, maybe 1675 – 16 November 1751) was an English clockmaker, inventor, and geophysicist, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was born in Kirklinton, Cumberland. A Friend (Quaker) like his mentor Thomas Tompion, Graham left Cumberland in 1688 for London to work with Tompion. He later married Tompion's niece, Elizabeth Tompion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Graham is the 303rd most popular inventor (down from 297th in 2019), the 3,366th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,010th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Graham ranks 303 out of 426. Before him are Mohamed M. Atalla, Kálmán Kandó, L. L. Langstroth, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Bill Atkinson, and Oleg Losev. After him are Bernard Lown, Ivan Kulibin, Marion Donovan, Walter Clopton Wingfield, Štefan Banič, and Wilhelm Bauer.

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Mohamed M. Atalla
1924 - 2009
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 297
Kálmán Kandó
1869 - 1931
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 298
L. L. Langstroth
1810 - 1895
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 299
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
1852 - 1936
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 300
Bill Atkinson
1951 - 2025
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 301
Oleg Losev
1903 - 1942
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 302
George Graham
1673 - 1751
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 303
Bernard Lown
1921 - 2021
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 304
Ivan Kulibin
1735 - 1818
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 305
Marion Donovan
1917 - 1998
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 306
Walter Clopton Wingfield
1833 - 1912
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 307
Štefan Banič
1870 - 1941
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 308
Wilhelm Bauer
1822 - 1875
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 309

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1673, George Graham ranks 21. Before him are Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Claude Gillot, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg, René Duguay-Trouin, and Bernard Picart. After him is James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope. Among people deceased in 1751, George Graham ranks 24. Before him are Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen, János Pálffy, John Machin, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, and Henri François d'Aguesseau. After him is Benjamin Robins.

Others Born in 1673

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Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
COMPOSER
1673 - 1763
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 15
Claude Gillot
PAINTER
1673 - 1722
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 16
Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels
NOBLEMAN
1673 - 1726
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 17
Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg
NOBLEMAN
1673 - 1722
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 18
René Duguay-Trouin
POLITICIAN
1673 - 1736
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 19
Bernard Picart
PAINTER
1673 - 1733
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 20
George Graham
INVENTOR
1673 - 1751
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 21
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
POLITICIAN
1673 - 1721
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 22

Others Deceased in 1751

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Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle
POLITICIAN
1710 - 1751
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 18
Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen
NOBLEMAN
1722 - 1751
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 19
János Pálffy
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1664 - 1751
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 20
John Machin
ASTRONOMER
1680 - 1751
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 21
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
PHILOSOPHER
1678 - 1751
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 22
Henri François d'Aguesseau
POLITICIAN
1668 - 1751
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 23
George Graham
INVENTOR
1673 - 1751
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 24
Benjamin Robins
MATHEMATICIAN
1707 - 1751
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 25