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Jethro Tull

1674 - 1741

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Jethro Tull (baptised 30 March 1674 – 21 February 1741, New Style) was an English agriculturist from Berkshire, England, who helped to bring about the British Agricultural Revolution of the 18th century. He perfected a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701 that economically sowed the seeds in neat rows and later developed a horse-drawn hoe. Tull's methods were adopted by many landowners and helped to provide the basis for modern agriculture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jethro Tull is the 220th most popular inventor (down from 191st in 2019), the 2,242nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,660th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Inventor.

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Among inventors, Jethro Tull ranks 220 out of 426. Before him are Ernst Alexanderson, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, David Schwarz, Narcís Monturiol, David Edward Hughes, and Shigeo Shingo. After him are Traian Vuia, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Oskar Barnack, Melvil Dewey, Elihu Thomson, and Hubert Cecil Booth.

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Among people born in 1674, Jethro Tull ranks 7. Before him are Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Reinhard Keiser, Ibrahim Muteferrika, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, and Jeremiah Clarke. After him are Marie of Lorraine, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Isaac Watts, and Catharine Trotter Cockburn. Among people deceased in 1741, Jethro Tull ranks 15. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, Georg Rafael Donner, Bernard de Montfaucon, and Blas de Lezo. After him are Alvise Pisani, Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg, Charles Rollin, Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Johann Amman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jethro Tull ranks 2,242 out of 8,785. Before him are John Canton (1718), Andy Gray (1955), Jonathan Bailey (1988), Lord William Bentinck (1774), Albert F. Mummery (1855), and Bobby Smith (1933). After him are FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), William Blackstone (1723), David Seaman (1963), Eric Woolfson (1945), Robert Conquest (1917), and Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Jethro Tull ranks 32. Before him are Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), Sandford Fleming (1827), Matthew Boulton (1728), William Murdoch (1754), James Dyson (1947), and David Edward Hughes (1831). After him are Elihu Thomson (1853), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Robert Whitehead (1823), Henry Maudslay (1771), Alexander Parkes (1813), and John Kemp Starley (1854).

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