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Heinrich Göbel

1818 - 1893

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Heinrich Göbel (April 20, 1818 – December 4, 1893) was a German-born American precision mechanic and inventor also known by his anglicized name Henry Goebel. In 1848 he immigrated to New York City, where he resided until his death. He received American citizenship in 1865. In 1893, magazines and newspapers reported that 25 years earlier Göbel had developed incandescent light bulbs comparable to those invented in 1879 by Thomas Alva Edison. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Göbel is the 173rd most popular inventor (down from 156th in 2019), the 2,155th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,895th in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Heinrich Göbel ranks 173 out of 426. Before him are Robert Watson-Watt, Robert Metcalfe, Charles Algernon Parsons, Jang Yeong-sil, John Ericsson, and Sandford Fleming. After him are Charles Cros, Uziel Gal, Gaston Glock, Henrich Focke, Émile Baudot, and Artur Fischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Heinrich Göbel ranks 44. Before him are Johann Jakob von Tschudi, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, and Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville. After him are Franciscus Donders, Jules Jamin, Marco Minghetti, Heinrich Kiepert, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Louis Gerhard De Geer. Among people deceased in 1893, Heinrich Göbel ranks 25. Before him are Abner Doubleday, Leland Stanford, Ferenc Erkel, Alfredo Catalani, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and José Zorrilla. After him are Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ford Madox Brown, Alexander Cunningham, George Tupou I, Jacob Moleschott, and John O. Westwood.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Göbel ranks 2,156 out of 7,253. Before him are Basil Valentine (1394), Nicholas Mercator (1620), Princess Helena of Nassau (1831), Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), and Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (1305). After him are Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau (1666), Juliana of Stolberg (1506), Mina Witkojc (1893), Hans Poelzig (1869), Charlotte Salomon (1917), and Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1943).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Heinrich Göbel ranks 21. Before him are Hans von Ohain (1911), Alfred Krupp (1812), Hugo Schmeisser (1884), Siegfried Marcus (1831), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), and Peter Henlein (1479). After him are Uziel Gal (1923), Henrich Focke (1890), Artur Fischer (1919), Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), and Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740).

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