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Henry Maudslay

1771 - 1831

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Henry Maudslay (pronunciation and spelling) (22 August 1771 – 14 February 1831) was an English machine tool innovator, tool and die maker, and inventor. He is considered a founding father of machine tool technology. His inventions were an important foundation for the Industrial Revolution. Maudslay's invention of a metal lathe to cut metal, circa 1800, enabled the manufacture of standard screw thread sizes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Maudslay is the 241st most popular inventor (down from 203rd in 2019), the 2,534th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,756th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Henry Maudslay ranks 241 out of 426. Before him are John Wesley Hyatt, Aurel Stodola, Philo Farnsworth, Tivadar Puskás, Robert Whitehead, and Aimo Lahti. After him are Alexander Parkes, John Kemp Starley, Wan Hu, Charles Martin Hall, Georges Hébert, and Ricardo Wolf.

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Among people born in 1771, Henry Maudslay ranks 32. Before him are Jean Rapp, Georges Cadoudal, Ivan Martinov, Fra Diavolo, Johann Baptist Cramer, and Nikolay Raevsky. After him are Pierre Baillot, Vincenzo Camuccini, Charles Athanase Walckenaer, Józef Chłopicki, Jean Reynier, and Karl Rudolphi. Among people deceased in 1831, Henry Maudslay ranks 37. Before him are Sébastien Érard, Ryōkan, Vasily Golovnin, Jedediah Smith, Franz Krommer, and Ferenc Kazinczy. After him are Sarah Siddons, Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Anton Delvig, and John Sims.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Maudslay ranks 2,535 out of 8,785. Before him are Nigel Hawthorne (1929), David Mumford (1937), Brian Naylor (1923), John William Draper (1811), Joseph Lancaster (1778), and Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece (1968). After him are John Badham (1939), Bernard Fox (1927), Jimmy Mullen (1923), David Richards (1952), Jack Higgins (1929), and Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Henry Maudslay ranks 36. Before him are James Dyson (1947), David Edward Hughes (1831), Jethro Tull (1674), Elihu Thomson (1853), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), and Robert Whitehead (1823). After him are Alexander Parkes (1813), John Kemp Starley (1854), Clive Sinclair (1940), Arthur Wynne (1871), John Barnard (1946), and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850).

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