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Hannibal Goodwin

1822 - 1900

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Hannibal Williston Goodwin (April 30, 1822 – December 31, 1900), patented a method for making transparent, flexible roll film out of nitrocellulose film base, which was used in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, an early machine for viewing motion pictures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hannibal Goodwin is the 330th most popular inventor (up from 331st in 2019), the 7,256th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,765th in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Hannibal Goodwin ranks 330 out of 426. Before him are Jacob Ellehammer, Jozef Murgaš, Georges Beuchat, William Justin Kroll, Peter Carl Goldmark, and Jack Northrop. After him are An Wang, Victor Hasselblad, John Philip Holland, Joseph Engelberger, Roland Moreno, and Harry Brearley.

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Among people born in 1822, Hannibal Goodwin ranks 73. Before him are Adolph Strecker, Janko Kráľ, Julius von Haast, Peter Michal Bohúň, Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, and Apollonie Sabatier. After him are Menyhért Lónyay, Henry James Sumner Maine, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, István Bittó, Lev Mei, and Jorge Córdova. Among people deceased in 1900, Hannibal Goodwin ranks 85. Before him are Dmitry Grigorovich, Émile Blanchard, Ali Shah Durrani, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Dankmar Adler, and Antoine Vollon. After him are Nicolae Crețulescu, Albert Samain, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Tomás Gomensoro Albín, Victoire Léodile Béra, and George Grove.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hannibal Goodwin ranks 7,258 out of 20,380. Before him are Reggie Miller (1965), Jack Northrop (1895), Nancy Olson (1928), Roy Eldridge (1911), Frank James (1843), and J. E. Freeman (1946). After him are Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919), Jess Willard (1881), Gary Lockwood (1937), Michael Bowen (1957), Charles Fleischer (1950), and Paula Fox (1923).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Hannibal Goodwin ranks 85. Before him are Marion Donovan (1917), Wilson Greatbatch (1919), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), George Devol (1912), and Jack Northrop (1895). After him are Joseph Engelberger (1925), Edward Lawry Norton (1898), Henry M. Leland (1843), John Fitch (1743), Dan Bricklin (1951), and Jay Miner (1932).

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