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John Kay

1704 - 1779

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John Kay (17 June 1704 – c. 1779) was an English inventor whose most important creation was the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution. He is often confused with his namesake, who built the first "spinning frame". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Kay is the 144th most popular inventor (down from 142nd in 2019), the 1,434th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,192nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Kay ranks 144 out of 426. Before him are Elias Howe, Mary the Jewess, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Taiichi Ohno, Louis Le Prince, and Cornelis Drebbel. After him are Robert Stirling, Peter Cooper, Siegfried Marcus, Richard Jordan Gatling, Robert Cailliau, and Johann Nepomuk Maelzel.

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Among people born in 1704, John Kay ranks 8. Before him are Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Tahmasp II, Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, and Carl Heinrich Graun. After him are Hans Hermann von Katte, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Johann Andreas Segner, Louis de Jaucourt, Carlos Seixas, and Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Among people deceased in 1779, John Kay ranks 7. Before him are James Cook, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Anton Raphael Mengs, Emperor Go-Momozono, Thomas Chippendale, and Karim Khan Zand. After him are Casimir Pulaski, David Garrick, William Boyce, Tommaso Traetta, Louis de Jaucourt, and Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Kay ranks 1,434 out of 8,785. Before him are Mick Taylor (1949), Louise d'Orléans (1869), Anthony Daniels (1946), Alice Bailey (1880), Charles Bell (1774), and David Hamilton (1933). After him are Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), Neil Gaiman (1960), Robert Stirling (1790), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), Duncan Haldane (1951), and Thomas Chatterton (1752).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, John Kay ranks 22. Before him are Henry Bessemer (1813), William Webb Ellis (1806), James Hargreaves (1720), Edmund Cartwright (1743), Samuel Crompton (1753), and W. O. Bentley (1888). After him are Robert Stirling (1790), Oliver Lodge (1851), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), Sandford Fleming (1827), and Matthew Boulton (1728).

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