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Paul von Jankó

1856 - 1919

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Paul von Jankó (2 June 1856 – 17 March 1919) was a Hungarian pianist, engineer and Idist. He first studied mathematics and music in Vienna, where he was a pupil of H. Schmitt, J. Krenn and Anton Bruckner. He then moved to Berlin where he during the years 1881 and 1882 studied mathematics at the city's University, and piano with H. Erlich. Jankó was also a proponent of the international auxiliary language Ido, though he had formerly been an Esperantist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul von Jankó is the 310th most popular inventor (down from 306th in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 478th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Hungarian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Paul von Jankó ranks 310 out of 426. Before him are Bernard Lown, Ivan Kulibin, Marion Donovan, Walter Clopton Wingfield, Štefan Banič, and Wilhelm Bauer. After him are Wilson Greatbatch, Abraham Darby I, Whitcomb L. Judson, Rostislav Alexeyev, Kenjiro Takayanagi, and Almon Brown Strowger.

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Among people born in 1856, Paul von Jankó ranks 100. Before him are Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Ernesto Schiaparelli, Helene von Druskowitz, Louis Brandeis, and Alberto Palacio. After him are Andrew Watson, Keir Hardie, Gabrielle Réjane, Elbert Hubbard, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, and Jens Christian Christensen. Among people deceased in 1919, Paul von Jankó ranks 122. Before him are Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, Amado Nervo, Melchora Aquino, Charles Conrad Abbott, Oleksandr Murashko, and Nikolay Shchors. After him are Ramón Barros Luco, Mary Edwards Walker, Napoleon Cybulski, Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov, Géza Csáth, and Walter Brack.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Paul von Jankó ranks 514 out of 1,077. Before him are István Bibó (1911), Antal Szabó (1910), Lily Kronberger (1890), Gyula Török (1938), Viktor Kassai (1975), and Géza Alföldy (1935). After him are Katalin Karády (1910), István Juhász (1945), Richard Thompson (null), Béla Sárosi (1919), Elizabeth Roboz Einstein (1904), and Ferenc Sas (1915).

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Among INVENTORS In Hungary

Among inventors born in Hungary, Paul von Jankó ranks 7. Before him are Ernő Rubik (1944), László Bíró (1899), David Schwarz (1850), Tivadar Puskás (1844), Ottó Bláthy (1860), and Kálmán Kandó (1869). After him are Peter Carl Goldmark (1906).

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