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Jacob Perkins

1766 - 1849

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Jacob Perkins (July 9, 1766 – July 30, 1849) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist based in the United Kingdom. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Perkins was apprenticed to a goldsmith. He soon made himself known with a variety of useful mechanical inventions and eventually had twenty-one American and nineteen English patents. Sometimes known as the father of the refrigerator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Perkins is the 296th most popular inventor (down from 286th in 2019), the 6,132nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,185th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Jacob Perkins ranks 296 out of 426. Before him are Ralph Hartley, Petrache Poenaru, Frank Zamboni, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Max Valier, and Samuel Morland. After him are Mohamed M. Atalla, Kálmán Kandó, L. L. Langstroth, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Bill Atkinson, and Oleg Losev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Jacob Perkins ranks 33. Before him are Joseph Weigl, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, John Leslie, Samuel Wilson, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, and Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg. After him are William Townsend Aiton, Benjamin Smith Barton, Isaac D'Israeli, and Aaron Alexandre. Among people deceased in 1849, Jacob Perkins ranks 54. Before him are Carlo Rossi, Pavel Chichagov, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, and Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch. After him are Albert Gallatin, Filippo Paulucci, Mariano Paredes, Ján Hollý, William Townsend Aiton, and José María Carreño.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacob Perkins ranks 6,132 out of 20,380. Before him are Fred Alderman (1905), Sally Kellerman (1937), Robert Henri (1865), Lewis Terman (1877), Otis Bowen (1918), and Dexter Holland (1965). After him are Barry Jenkins (1979), Jamie Gillis (1943), George Herbig (1920), Stephen J. Cannell (1941), Willis H. O'Brien (1886), and Alice Hamilton (1869).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Jacob Perkins ranks 77. Before him are Valerie Thomas (1943), Beulah Louise Henry (1888), Cyrus McCormick (1809), Mark Rober (1980), Ralph Hartley (1888), and Frank Zamboni (1901). After him are L. L. Langstroth (1810), Marion Donovan (1917), Wilson Greatbatch (1919), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), and George Devol (1912).

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