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Jack Parsons

1914 - 1952

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John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Aerojet. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and pioneered the advancement of both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets. Parsons was raised in Pasadena, California. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Parsons is the 70th most popular engineer (up from 324th in 2019), the 1,917th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,831st in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Jack Parsons ranks 70 out of 389. Before him are Mikhail Gurevich, Adam Czerniaków, Yuri Kondratyuk, Charles George Gordon, Edward A. Murphy Jr., and Hidesaburō Ueno. After him are Arthur Scherbius, Moshe Arens, Alexander Wienerberger, Viktor Belenko, Marcel Dassault, and Walter Dornberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jack Parsons ranks 63. Before him are María Félix, Rafael Kubelík, Francisco da Costa Gomes, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Carlo Maria Giulini, and Dylan Thomas. After him are William Phillips, Akira Matsunaga, Louis, Prince Napoléon, George Dantzig, William Westmoreland, and Creighton Abrams. Among people deceased in 1952, Jack Parsons ranks 35. Before him are Sveinn Björnsson, Rudolf Slánský, Charles Lightoller, Bedřich Hrozný, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, and Pedro Lascuráin. After him are Efim Bogoljubov, Joseph Avenol, Bernard Lyot, Robert Guérin, René Grousset, and Jigme Wangchuck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Parsons ranks 1,917 out of 20,380. Before him are Ryan Murphy (1965), William Henry Pickering (1858), Richard Donner (1930), David McClelland (1917), Tobey Maguire (1975), and Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951). After him are John La Farge (1835), Jerry Zucker (1950), Conchata Ferrell (1943), Paul H. O'Neill (1935), Kevin James (1965), and Eric F. Wieschaus (1947).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Jack Parsons ranks 7. Before him are Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856), Jack Kilby (1923), Leslie Groves (1896), Howard H. Aiken (1900), Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), and Henry Gantt (1861). After him are Jack Swigert (1931), Vannevar Bush (1890), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), J. Walter Christie (1865), and Kelly Johnson (1910).

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