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Henry Royce

1863 - 1933

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Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet (27 March 1863 – 22 April 1933) was an English engineer famous for his designs of car and aeroplane engines with a reputation for reliability and longevity. With Charles Rolls (1877–1910) and Claude Johnson (1864–1926), he founded Rolls-Royce. Rolls-Royce initially focused on large 40–50 horsepower motor cars, the Silver Ghost and its successors. Royce produced his first aero engine shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, and aircraft engines became Rolls-Royce's principal product. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Royce is the 84th most popular engineer (down from 81st in 2019), the 1,366th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,118th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Henry Royce ranks 84 out of 389. Before him are Nikolay Zhukovsky, Adrian Newey, Gustaf de Laval, Marcel Renault, Kurt Tank, and Henri Farman. After him are Immanuel Nobel, Harry Nyquist, Nicola Romeo, Jack Swigert, Charles Rolls, and Vannevar Bush.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Henry Royce ranks 44. Before him are Hugo Münsterberg, John Charles Fields, Franz von Hipper, Émile Friant, Archduke Eugen of Austria, and Charles Spearman. After him are Albert Calmette, Ludwig Borchardt, Andrés Bonifacio, Hermann Bahr, Mary Jane Kelly, and S. Ansky. Among people deceased in 1933, Henry Royce ranks 32. Before him are Erik Jan Hanussen, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Kenji Miyazawa, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Anna de Noailles, and Carl Correns. After him are Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Albert Calmette, Francesc Macià, Hans Vaihinger, Pierre Paul Émile Roux, and Friedrich Zander.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Royce ranks 1,366 out of 8,785. Before him are William Smith (1769), William Henry (1774), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), Adam Sedgwick (1785), Samuel Wallis (1728), and Thomas Lawrence (1769). After him are Mary Leakey (1913), Mark Strong (1963), John Toshack (1949), George Fox (1624), Glenn Tipton (1947), and Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Henry Royce ranks 10. Before him are Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), John Ambrose Fleming (1849), Colin Chapman (1928), Charles George Gordon (1833), and Adrian Newey (1958). After him are Charles Rolls (1877), Patrick Head (1946), Robert Stephenson (1803), George Cayley (1773), Alexander Cunningham (1814), and W. Ross Ashby (1903).

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