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Lawrence Hargrave

1850 - 1915

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Lawrence Hargrave, MRAeS, (29 January 1850 – 6 July 1915) was an Australian engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer. He was perhaps best known for inventing the box kite, which was quickly adopted by other aircraft designers and subsequently formed the aerodynamic basis of early biplanes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Lawrence Hargrave is the 410th most popular inventor, the 5,907th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,750th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Lawrence Hargrave ranks 410 out of 426. Before him are Herbert E. Ives, Clarence Birdseye, Kamil Tolon, Marc Andreessen, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, and Harold Stephen Black. After him are Charles F. Kettering, Arunachalam Muruganantham, Arthur Fry, Walter Frederick Morrison, Sarah E. Goode, and Frank Hornby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Lawrence Hargrave ranks 120. Before him are Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau, Hans von Pechmann, Georg Naue, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Samuel Gompers. After him is Fanny Hesse. Among people deceased in 1915, Lawrence Hargrave ranks 126. Before him are José María Campo Serrano, W. G. Grace, Vasily Goncharov, John Bunny, Nelson W. Aldrich, and Tom Watson. After him are Susan La Flesche Picotte, and Robert Smalls.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lawrence Hargrave ranks 5,909 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Bush (1900), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Caryl Churchill (1938), John Stones (1994), Keith Devlin (1947), and George Butterworth (1885). After him are C. B. K. Beachcroft (1870), Soni Razdan (1956), Angie Sage (1952), Laurie Scott (1917), Thomas Doherty (1995), and Elizabeth Fraser (1963).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Lawrence Hargrave ranks 68. Before him are Isaac Pitman (1813), Barnes Wallis (1887), William Friese-Greene (1855), Edd China (1971), John Whitehurst (1713), and Roger C. Field (1945). After him are Frank Hornby (1863).

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