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John Wesley Hyatt

1837 - 1920

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John Wesley Hyatt (November 28, 1837 – May 10, 1920) was an American inventor. He is known for simplifying the production of celluloid. Hyatt, a Perkin Medal recipient, is included in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He had nearly 238 patents to his credit, including improvements to sugar cane mills and water filtration devices. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Wesley Hyatt is the 235th most popular inventor (down from 215th in 2019), the 4,388th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,200th in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Wesley Hyatt ranks 235 out of 426. Before him are Laurens Hammond, Thonmi Sambhota, Rodolphe Lindt, George Washington, Pavel Yablochkov, and Fritz von Opel. After him are Aurel Stodola, Philo Farnsworth, Tivadar Puskás, Robert Whitehead, Aimo Lahti, and Henry Maudslay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, John Wesley Hyatt ranks 63. Before him are Franz Overbeck, Ion Creangă, Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, George Dewey, Wilhelm Kühne, and Kabayama Sukenori. After him are Tippu Tip, Ernst Ziller, Dwight L. Moody, Anna Filosofova, Sanjō Sanetomi, and Walter Hauser. Among people deceased in 1920, John Wesley Hyatt ranks 59. Before him are Moritz Cantor, Afonso, Duke of Porto, Richard Dehmel, Arthur Johnson, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, and Augusto Righi. After him are Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, Edmund Barton, Remus von Woyrsch, Maciej Sulkiewicz, Grigory Potanin, and Kliment Timiryazev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Wesley Hyatt ranks 4,388 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael V. Gazzo (1923), David Harbour (1975), Jon Moxley (1985), Adolphe Menjou (1890), James Kottak (1962), and Marc Platt (1957). After him are Ron Carter (1937), Gavin Newsom (1967), Paul Castellano (1915), Michael Richards (1949), Bud Abbott (1897), and N. C. Wyeth (1882).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, John Wesley Hyatt ranks 61. Before him are J. Presper Eckert (1919), Eunice Newton Foote (1819), Royal Rife (1888), Melvil Dewey (1851), Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), and Laurens Hammond (1895). After him are Philo Farnsworth (1906), Charles Martin Hall (1863), Marcian Hoff (1937), George Pullman (1831), Glenn Curtiss (1878), and Michael S. Hart (1947).

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