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Glenn Curtiss

1878 - 1930

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Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles. As early as 1904, he began to manufacture engines for airships. In 1908, Curtiss joined the Aerial Experiment Association, a pioneering research group, founded by Alexander Graham Bell at Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, to build flying machines. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Glenn Curtiss is the 257th most popular inventor (up from 271st in 2019), the 4,903rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,698th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Glenn Curtiss ranks 257 out of 426. Before him are Peter Madsen, Marcian Hoff, Vittorio Jano, Clive Sinclair, George Pullman, and Eugen Langen. After him are Hary Gunarto, Adolf Martens, Arthur Wynne, Michael S. Hart, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, and Angelo Moriondo.

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Among people born in 1878, Glenn Curtiss ranks 141. Before him are Karl Buresch, Anna Coleman Ladd, Julie Manet, René Maire, Konrad Mägi, and Aino Kallas. After him are Truxtun Hare, Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Ioannis Rallis, Charles Dvorak, Harriet Bosse, and Ernst Hoppenberg. Among people deceased in 1930, Glenn Curtiss ranks 73. Before him are Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera, Eugen Goldstein, Giuseppe Morello, Emmy Destinn, Oku Yasukata, and Olena Pchilka. After him are Władysław Horodecki, Henry Dudeney, Carl Panzram, Launceston Elliot, Alexander Kutepov, and Abram Arkhipov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Glenn Curtiss ranks 4,903 out of 20,380. Before him are Willie Mays (1931), Paul Gallico (1897), Esai Morales (1962), Charlie Kaufman (1958), Maurice Sendak (1928), and Mercedes Ruehl (1948). After him are Donald Johanson (1943), Mae Marsh (1894), Elaine Stewart (1930), Max Roach (1924), Walter Short (1880), and James L. Elliot (1943).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Glenn Curtiss ranks 66. Before him are Laurens Hammond (1895), John Wesley Hyatt (1837), Philo Farnsworth (1906), Charles Martin Hall (1863), Marcian Hoff (1937), and George Pullman (1831). After him are Michael S. Hart (1947), Ray Dolby (1933), Robert Cornelius (1809), Lester Allan Pelton (1829), Valerie Thomas (1943), and Beulah Louise Henry (1888).

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