INVENTOR

Robert Stirling

1790 - 1878

Robert Stirling

Robert Stirling (25 October 1790 – 6 June 1878) was a Scottish clergyman and engineer. He invented the Stirling engine and was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Stirling is the 145th most popular inventor, the 1,438th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,229th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Robert Stirling ranks 145 out of 426. Before him are Mary the Jewess, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Taiichi Ohno, Louis Le Prince, Cornelis Drebbel, and John Kay. After him are Peter Cooper, Siegfried Marcus, Richard Jordan Gatling, Robert Cailliau, Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, and Henri Giffard.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

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Mary the Jewess
100 - 100
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 139
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
1753 - 1809
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 140
Taiichi Ohno
1912 - 1990
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 141
Louis Le Prince
1841 - 1890
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 142
Cornelis Drebbel
1572 - 1633
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 143
John Kay
1704 - 1779
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 144
Robert Stirling
1790 - 1878
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 145
Peter Cooper
1791 - 1883
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 146
Siegfried Marcus
1831 - 1898
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 147
Richard Jordan Gatling
1818 - 1903
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 148
Robert Cailliau
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 149
Johann Nepomuk Maelzel
1772 - 1838
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 150
Henri Giffard
1825 - 1882
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 151

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Robert Stirling ranks 14. Before him are Jules Dumont d'Urville, John Frederic Daniell, William Parry, Nicolas Chauvin, Gideon Mantell, and Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are John Austin, Marquis de Custine, José Antonio Páez, Markos Botsaris, Adolph Diesterweg, and Jean René Constant Quoy. Among people deceased in 1878, Robert Stirling ranks 28. Before him are Carl von Rokitansky, George Gilbert Scott, Mercedes of Orléans, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Mariam Baouardy, and Carlo Blasis. After him are Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, Mindon Min, Mohammed bin Thani, Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, Karl Gutzkow, and Đura Jakšić.

Others Born in 1790

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Jules Dumont d'Urville
EXPLORER
1790 - 1842
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 8
John Frederic Daniell
CHEMIST
1790 - 1845
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 9
William Parry
EXPLORER
1790 - 1855
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 10
Nicolas Chauvin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1790 - 1900
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 11
Gideon Mantell
GEOLOGIST
1790 - 1852
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 12
Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
POLITICIAN
1790 - 1852
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 13
Robert Stirling
INVENTOR
1790 - 1878
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 14
John Austin
PHILOSOPHER
1790 - 1859
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 15
Marquis de Custine
WRITER
1790 - 1857
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 16
José Antonio Páez
POLITICIAN
1790 - 1873
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 17
Markos Botsaris
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1790 - 1823
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 18
Adolph Diesterweg
POLITICIAN
1790 - 1866
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 19
Jean René Constant Quoy
BIOLOGIST
1790 - 1869
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 20

Others Deceased in 1878

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Carl von Rokitansky
PHYSICIAN
1804 - 1878
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 22
George Gilbert Scott
ARCHITECT
1811 - 1878
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 23
Mercedes of Orléans
COMPANION
1860 - 1878
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 24
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
POLITICIAN
1792 - 1878
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 25
Mariam Baouardy
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1846 - 1878
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 26
Carlo Blasis
DANCER
1797 - 1878
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 27
Robert Stirling
INVENTOR
1790 - 1878
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 28
Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier
BIOLOGIST
1797 - 1878
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 29
Mindon Min
POLITICIAN
1808 - 1878
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 30
Mohammed bin Thani
POLITICIAN
1788 - 1878
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 31
Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao
POLITICIAN
1796 - 1878
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 32
Karl Gutzkow
WRITER
1811 - 1878
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 33
Đura Jakšić
WRITER
1832 - 1878
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 34