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Robert Whitehead

1823 - 1905

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Robert Whitehead (3 January 1823 – 14 November 1905) was an English engineer who was most famous for developing the first effective self-propelled naval torpedo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Whitehead is the 239th most popular inventor (up from 351st in 2019), the 2,515th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,013th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Robert Whitehead ranks 239 out of 426. Before him are Pavel Yablochkov, Fritz von Opel, John Wesley Hyatt, Aurel Stodola, Philo Farnsworth, and Tivadar Puskás. After him are Aimo Lahti, Henry Maudslay, Alexander Parkes, John Kemp Starley, Wan Hu, and Charles Martin Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Robert Whitehead ranks 43. Before him are Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria, Enrico Betti, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Schuyler Colfax, Imre Madách, and Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens. After him are Count Richard Belcredi, Marietta Alboni, Giuseppe Fiorelli, Alfred Stevens, Friedrich von Esmarch, and Paul Janet. Among people deceased in 1905, Robert Whitehead ranks 52. Before him are Amalie Skram, Mary Mapes Dodge, Jean-Jacques Henner, Máximo Gómez, Henry Irving, and Siegfried Bing. After him are Tippu Tip, John Henninger Reagan, Debendranath Tagore, John Rogan, Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, and René Goblet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Whitehead ranks 2,516 out of 8,785. Before him are York Bowen (1884), Harold Abrahams (1899), Paul Robinson (1979), John Fastolf (1380), Madge Syers (1881), and Josephine Tey (1896). After him are Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield (1950), Roger Deakins (1949), Tom Felton (1987), Henry Roscoe (1833), Bill Roberts (1912), and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Robert Whitehead ranks 35. Before him are William Murdoch (1754), James Dyson (1947), David Edward Hughes (1831), Jethro Tull (1674), Elihu Thomson (1853), and Hubert Cecil Booth (1871). After him are Henry Maudslay (1771), Alexander Parkes (1813), John Kemp Starley (1854), Clive Sinclair (1940), Arthur Wynne (1871), and John Barnard (1946).

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