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Giovanni Caselli

1815 - 1891

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Giovanni Caselli (8 June 1815 – 25 April 1891) was an Italian priest, inventor, and physicist. He studied electricity and magnetism as a child which led to his invention of the pantelegraph (also known as the universal telegraph or all-purpose telegraph), the forerunner of the fax machine. The world's first practical operating facsimile machine ("fax") system put into use was by Caselli. He had worldwide patents on his system. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Caselli is the 366th most popular inventor (down from 335th in 2019), the 3,863rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,635th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Giovanni Caselli ranks 366 out of 426. Before him are František Křižík, Phil Ramone, Orville Gibson, Andy Bechtolsheim, Norman Joseph Woodland, and Ken Olsen. After him are Frank J. Sprague, Amar Bose, Andrew Viterbi, Karl Jatho, Edward Craven Walker, and Harry Ferguson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Giovanni Caselli ranks 80. Before him are Athanasios Miaoulis, Edward John Eyre, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, Warren De la Rue, Daniel Bashiel Warner, and Otto von Böhtlingk. After him are Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Edward James Roye, Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, Howell Cobb, Hablot Knight Browne, and Andrew Jackson Downing. Among people deceased in 1891, Giovanni Caselli ranks 106. Before him are George Washington Williams, Joseph Bazalgette, George Bancroft, Henry Litolff, José María Urvina, and Charles Bradlaugh. After him are Edwin Long, Alphonso Taft, George Hearst, David Dixon Porter, and Sarah Winnemucca.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Caselli ranks 3,864 out of 5,161. Before him are Rosa Russo Iervolino (1936), Roberto Ferrari (1889), Luciano Emmer (1918), Giambattista Lolli (1698), Antonio Martino (1942), and Eugenio Scalfari (1924). After him are Federigo Tozzi (1883), Mario Luzi (1914), Angelo Zorzi (1890), Andrea Stramaccioni (1976), Cesare Merzagora (1898), and Robert G. Vignola (1882).

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Among INVENTORS In Italy

Among inventors born in Italy, Giovanni Caselli ranks 9. Before him are Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655), Antonio Meucci (1808), Johann Maria Farina (1685), Ottaviano Petrucci (1466), Angelo Moriondo (1851), and Max Valier (1895). After him are Andrew Viterbi (1935).

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