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John Whitehurst

1713 - 1788

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John Whitehurst FRS (10 April 1713 – 18 February 1788), born in Cheshire, England, was a clockmaker and scientist, and made significant early contributions to geology. He was an influential member of the Lunar Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Whitehurst is the 399th most popular inventor, the 5,457th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,008th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Whitehurst ranks 399 out of 426Before him are Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Lewis Howard Latimer, Jerry Lawson, John F. Seitz, Granville Woods, and Stanford R. Ovshinsky. After him are Roger C. Field, Joy Mangano, Charles Ammi Cutter, Herbert E. Ives, Clarence Birdseye, and Kamil Tolon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1713, John Whitehurst ranks 18Before him are Johann Ludwig Krebs, Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, John Needham, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, and Allan Ramsay. After him is Francis Lewis. Among people deceased in 1788, John Whitehurst ranks 27Before him are Charles Wesley, Salomon Gessner, Pierre André de Suffren, Mary Delany, Juan Bautista de Anza, and Benjamin Wilson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Whitehurst ranks 5,459 out of 8,785Before him are Judy Cornwell (1940), Morton Betts (1847), Cressida Cowell (1966), David McKee (1935), Colin Davis (1933), and Nick Lowe (1949). After him are Laura Fraser (1976), Philippa Marrack (1945), Tony Curran (1969), Roger C. Field (1945), Dorothy Richardson (1873), and Juno Temple (1989).

Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, John Whitehurst ranks 65Before him are Joseph Bramah (1748), John Milne (1850), Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847), Isaac Pitman (1813), Barnes Wallis (1887), and William Friese-Greene (1855). After him are Roger C. Field (1945), Lawrence Hargrave (1850), and Frank Hornby (1863).