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Pavel Yablochkov

1847 - 1894

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Pavel Nikolayevich Yablochkov (also transliterated as Jablochkoff; Russian: Павел Николаевич Яблочков; September 14 [O.S. September 2] 1847 – March 31 [O.S. March 19] 1894) was a Russian electrical engineer, businessman and the inventor of the Yablochkov candle, a type of electric carbon arc lamp. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Yablochkov is the 233rd most popular inventor (up from 236th in 2019), the 1,051st most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,097th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Russian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Pavel Yablochkov ranks 233 out of 426. Before him are Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Lars Magnus Ericsson, Laurens Hammond, Thonmi Sambhota, Rodolphe Lindt, and George Washington. After him are Fritz von Opel, John Wesley Hyatt, Aurel Stodola, Philo Farnsworth, Tivadar Puskás, and Robert Whitehead.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Pavel Yablochkov ranks 54. Before him are Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Augusta Holmès, Joseph Achille Le Bel, Millicent Fawcett, Karl Wittgenstein, and Julia Lermontova. After him are Remus von Woyrsch, Oku Yasukata, Ida Saxton McKinley, Émile Faguet, Domenico Ferrata, and Lady Adela. Among people deceased in 1894, Pavel Yablochkov ranks 41. Before him are Amelia Bloomer, Philipp Spitta, Władysław Czartoryski, Heinrich Hoffmann, Theophan the Recluse, and Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Maria Deraismes, Walter Pater, Auguste Vaillant, Marietta Alboni, and Heinrich Karl Brugsch.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pavel Yablochkov ranks 1,051 out of 3,761. Before him are Vasily Rozanov (1856), Matvei Platov (1753), Viktor Afanasyev (1948), Matvey Blanter (1903), Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873), and Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov (1852). After him are Yuliya Solntseva (1901), Leonid Leonov (1899), Muslim Magomayev (1885), Rachel Bluwstein (1890), Nikolay Raevsky (1771), and Sergey Uvarov (1786).

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Among INVENTORS In Russia

Among inventors born in Russia, Pavel Yablochkov ranks 8. Before him are Oleg Antonov (1906), Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859), Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), Nikolai Kardashev (1932), Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky (1862), and Lucien Olivier (1838). After him are Alexandre Alexeieff (1901), Oleg Losev (1903), Ivan Kulibin (1735), Rostislav Alexeyev (1916), and Ivan Polzunov (1728).

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