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James B. Francis

1815 - 1892

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James Bicheno Francis (May 18, 1815 – September 18, 1892) was a British-American civil engineer, who invented the Francis turbine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James B. Francis is the 224th most popular engineer (up from 236th in 2019), the 2,963rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,736th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, James B. Francis ranks 224 out of 389. Before him are Harvey Postlethwaite, Eugen Sänger, Menno van Coehoorn, Gene Kranz, Mikhail Koshkin, and Robert Mallet. After him are Johann Georg Halske, Eugène Belgrand, Anousheh Ansari, Seymour Cray, Johannes Winkler, and Georgy Beriev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, James B. Francis ranks 54. Before him are Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, John McDouall Stuart, Louis Le Chatelier, Johann Gottfried Piefke, and Karl von Blaas. After him are Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg, Edward Forbes, Marguerite Bays, and Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina. Among people deceased in 1892, James B. Francis ranks 58. Before him are Eduard August von Regel, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Caroline Harrison, Pieter Willem Korthals, and György Klapka. After him are Albert Aurier, Friedrich von Bodenstedt, Robert Ford, Johann Eduard Erdmann, José María Castro Madriz, and Fanny Churberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James B. Francis ranks 2,964 out of 8,785. Before him are Jonny Lee Miller (1972), Anthony Hope (1863), John Florio (1553), William Astbury (1898), Rita Tushingham (1942), and Thomas Arnold (1795). After him are Richard Swinburne (1934), Stafford Beer (1926), Phyllida Law (1932), Ernest Marsden (1889), Carl Cox (1962), and Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, James B. Francis ranks 25. Before him are John Bagot Glubb (1897), John Hughes (1814), John Smeaton (1724), William Playfair (1759), André Waterkeyn (1917), and Harvey Postlethwaite (1944). After him are Frederick W. Lanchester (1868), William Froude (1810), Joseph Bazalgette (1819), Ron Tauranac (1925), Robert W. Paul (1869), and Mal Evans (1935).

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