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John Kemp Starley

1854 - 1901

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John Kemp Starley (24 December 1855 – 29 October 1901) was an English inventor and industrialist who is widely considered the inventor of the modern safety bicycle, and also originator of the tradename Rover. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Kemp Starley is the 243rd most popular inventor (down from 242nd in 2019), the 2,570th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,202nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Kemp Starley ranks 243 out of 426. Before him are Philo Farnsworth, Tivadar Puskás, Robert Whitehead, Aimo Lahti, Henry Maudslay, and Alexander Parkes. After him are Wan Hu, Charles Martin Hall, Georges Hébert, Ricardo Wolf, Ottó Bláthy, and François Isaac de Rivaz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, John Kemp Starley ranks 66. Before him are Vasil Radoslavov, Adolf Erman, Joan Alcover, Jenny Nyström, Christiaan de Wet, and Sergei Shchukin. After him are Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Jules Gilliéron, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, Sergei Korsakoff, Heinrich Kreutz, and Cornelis Lely. Among people deceased in 1901, John Kemp Starley ranks 51. Before him are Henri Helle, Arvid Posse, Peter Benoit, Jules Barbier, Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal, and Francesc Pi i Margall. After him are Edmond Audran, Alfred Tysoe, Princess Louise of Prussia, Aleksander Gierymski, Wojciech Gerson, and Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Kemp Starley ranks 2,571 out of 8,785. Before him are James Braid (1795), Alexander Parkes (1813), William Foulke (1874), James Harrington (1611), Midge Ure (1953), and Robert Morley (1908). After him are John Burgoyne (1722), William Congreve (1670), Rebecca Clarke (1886), Francis Pym (1922), Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury (1948), and John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, John Kemp Starley ranks 38. Before him are Jethro Tull (1674), Elihu Thomson (1853), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Robert Whitehead (1823), Henry Maudslay (1771), and Alexander Parkes (1813). After him are Clive Sinclair (1940), Arthur Wynne (1871), John Barnard (1946), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), Alexander Bain (1810), and James Nasmyth (1808).

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