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Hubert Cecil Booth

1871 - 1955

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Hubert Cecil Booth (4 July 1871 – 14 January 1955) was an English engineer, best known for having invented one of the first powered vacuum cleaners. He also designed Ferris wheels, suspension bridges and factories. Later he became Chairman and Managing Director of the British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hubert Cecil Booth is the 226th most popular inventor (up from 230th in 2019), the 2,311th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,100th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Hubert Cecil Booth ranks 226 out of 426. Before him are Jethro Tull, Traian Vuia, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Oskar Barnack, Melvil Dewey, and Elihu Thomson. After him are Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Lars Magnus Ericsson, Laurens Hammond, Thonmi Sambhota, Rodolphe Lindt, and George Washington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Hubert Cecil Booth ranks 81. Before him are Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, John Millington Synge, Thekla Resvoll, Oscar Wisting, Efstathios Chorafas, and Gjergj Fishta. After him are Emmanuel Foulon, Martin Knudsen, Ivan Poddubny, Ahatanhel Krymsky, Arthur Griffith, and Kiyoshi Shiga. Among people deceased in 1955, Hubert Cecil Booth ranks 77. Before him are Carl Milles, Arthur Tansley, Isak Samokovlija, Holger Nielsen, Alexandrina of Balazar, and Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are H. J. R. Murray, Isaak Dunayevsky, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Theodor Innitzer, Jonni Myyrä, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hubert Cecil Booth ranks 2,311 out of 8,785. Before him are Bob Wilson (1941), Roger Hunt (1938), Richard Long (1945), John Major (1467), John Bagot Glubb (1897), and W. V. D. Hodge (1903). After him are Bobby Collins (1931), H. J. R. Murray (1868), Edward Low (1690), Jim Carter (1948), Roger Byrne (1929), and Thomas Otway (1652).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Hubert Cecil Booth ranks 34. Before him are Matthew Boulton (1728), William Murdoch (1754), James Dyson (1947), David Edward Hughes (1831), Jethro Tull (1674), and Elihu Thomson (1853). After him are Robert Whitehead (1823), Henry Maudslay (1771), Alexander Parkes (1813), John Kemp Starley (1854), Clive Sinclair (1940), and Arthur Wynne (1871).

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