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Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff

1803 - 1877

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Heinrich Daniel Rühmkorff (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈdaːni̯ɛl ˈʁyːm.kɔʁf]; anglicized as Ruhmkorff; 15 January 1803 – 20 December 1877) was a German instrument maker who commercialised the induction coil (often referred to as the Ruhmkorff coil). Ruhmkorff was born in Hanover. He changed the "ü" to "u" in his name when living abroad. After an apprenticeship with a German mechanic, he moved to England. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff is the 187th most popular inventor (down from 184th in 2019), the 2,336th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,272nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff ranks 187 out of 426. Before him are Matthew Boulton, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, Gunther von Hagens, William Murdoch, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, and Fausto Veranzio. After him are Johann Jacob Schweppe, Arnold Orville Beckman, Lucien Olivier, Larry Sanger, Sequoyah, and Johann Christoph Denner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff ranks 30. Before him are Robert Stephenson, Friedrich von Amerling, Muhammad IV of Morocco, John Ericsson, Karl Gützlaff, and Peter Chanel. After him are Henry Darcy, John Sutter, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Alexander von Nordmann, and Henri Herz. Among people deceased in 1877, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff ranks 25. Before him are Kido Takayoshi, Yaqub Beg, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Jung Bahadur Rana, Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Philipp Veit. After him are Constantine Kanaris, Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Pōmare IV, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, and Alexander Braun.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff ranks 2,337 out of 7,253. Before him are Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877), Wols (1913), Michael Lippert (1897), Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823), Ludwig Klages (1872), and F. C. S. Schiller (1864). After him are Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792), Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (1767), Friedrich Loeffler (1852), Heinrich Eberbach (1895), Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), and Erich Mühsam (1878).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff ranks 26. Before him are Peter Henlein (1479), Heinrich Göbel (1818), Uziel Gal (1923), Henrich Focke (1890), Artur Fischer (1919), and Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787). After him are Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), Johann Christoph Denner (1655), Max Skladanowsky (1863), Helmut Gröttrup (1916), Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823), and Oskar Barnack (1879).

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