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George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.

1859 - 1896

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George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (February 14, 1859 – November 22, 1896) was an American civil engineer. He is mostly known for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. is the 126th most popular inventor (up from 343rd in 2019), the 1,934th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,275th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. ranks 126 out of 426. Before him are Theobald Boehm, Franz Reichelt, Samuel Crompton, Hans von Ohain, Nikolai Kardashev, and Paul Otlet. After him are André Michelin, Alfred Krupp, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Robert Adler, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, and W. O. Bentley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. ranks 30. Before him are Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Venustiano Carranza, Francisco Ferrer, Bertha Pappenheim, Peter Altenberg, and Diana Abgar. After him are Pavel Milyukov, Thibaw Min, Jānis Čakste, Alexandru Averescu, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia, and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. Among people deceased in 1896, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. ranks 23. Before him are Edmond de Goncourt, Louis-Jules Trochu, Richard Avenarius, Ambroise Thomas, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, and Prince Henry of Battenberg. After him are John Langdon Down, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Ichiyō Higuchi, Ante Starčević, Maurice de Hirsch, and Heinrich von Treitschke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. ranks 1,934 out of 20,380. Before him are Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), William M. Branham (1909), Linda Thompson (1950), Connie Francis (1938), "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), and Steve Ditko (1927). After him are Jack Lew (1955), Diana Gabaldon (1952), Travis Scott (1991), Nicholas Ray (1911), Ethan Allen (1738), and Carl Wieman (1951).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. ranks 36. Before him are Elisha Otis (1811), Walter Hunt (1796), David Bushnell (1742), Josiah Warren (1798), Jacque Fresco (1916), and Robert Noyce (1927). After him are Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924), Percy Spencer (1894), Elisha Gray (1835), Elias Howe (1819), Peter Cooper (1791), and Richard Jordan Gatling (1818).

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