INVENTOR

L. L. Langstroth

1810 - 1895

Photo of L. L. Langstroth

Icon of person L. L. Langstroth

Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth (December 25, 1810 – October 6, 1895) was an American apiarist, clergyman, and teacher, who has been called the father of American beekeeping. He recognized the concept of bee-space, a minimum distance that bees avoid sealing up. Although not his own discovery, the use of this principle allowed for the use of frames that the bees leave separate and this allowed the use of rectangular frames within the design of what is now called the Langstroth hive. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. L. L. Langstroth is the 299th most popular inventor (down from 235th in 2019), the 6,173rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,730th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of L. L. Langstroth by language

Loading...

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, L. L. Langstroth ranks 299 out of 426. Before him are Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Max Valier, Samuel Morland, Jacob Perkins, Mohamed M. Atalla, and Kálmán Kandó. After him are Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Bill Atkinson, Oleg Losev, George Graham, Bernard Lown, and Ivan Kulibin.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, L. L. Langstroth ranks 76. Before him are Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, Grigory Gagarin, Pierre Bosquet, Andrew Scott Waugh, and Miklós Barabás. After him are Johan August Wahlberg, Victor Motschulsky, Baron Ignaz von Plener, Jules Malou, Paul Kane, and Johanna Kinkel. Among people deceased in 1895, L. L. Langstroth ranks 72. Before him are Nikolay Girs, Ludwig Schläfli, Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, Friedrich Tietjen, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, and Karl Schenk. After him are Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, Heinrich von Sybel, and Silvestro Lega.

Others Born in 1810

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1895

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, L. L. Langstroth ranks 6,174 out of 20,380. Before him are Donovan Scott (1947), Henry Augustus Rowland (1848), Randy Meisner (1946), Haddon Sundblom (1899), Marty Walsh (1967), and Alan Cooper (1952). After him are Jenette Goldstein (1960), Cassandra Peterson (1951), Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886), Joe Exotic (1963), Jack Kramer (1921), and Helen Jacobs (1908).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, L. L. Langstroth ranks 78. Before him are Beulah Louise Henry (1888), Cyrus McCormick (1809), Mark Rober (1980), Ralph Hartley (1888), Frank Zamboni (1901), and Jacob Perkins (1766). After him are Marion Donovan (1917), Wilson Greatbatch (1919), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), George Devol (1912), and Jack Northrop (1895).

American born Inventors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous