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Sidney Gilchrist Thomas

1850 - 1885

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Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (16 April 1850 – 1 February 1885) was an English inventor, best known for his role in the iron and steel industry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sidney Gilchrist Thomas is the 275th most popular inventor (up from 284th in 2019), the 2,983rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,831st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas ranks 275 out of 426. Before him are Alexandre Alexeieff, John Barnard, Colin Archer, Léon Gaumont, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, and Jacob W. Davis. After him are Alexander Bain, James Nasmyth, Frederick Scott Archer, Robert Cornelius, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, and Joseph Aspdin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas ranks 75. Before him are Siri von Essen, Richard Heuberger, Constantin Fahlberg, Kiyoura Keigo, Ernest von Koerber, and Constantin Henriquez. After him are John Munro Longyear, Alfred Pringsheim, Léon-Adolphe Amette, Pablo Iglesias Posse, Tarabai Shinde, and Bharatendu Harishchandra. Among people deceased in 1885, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas ranks 55. Before him are Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval, Amédée Courbet, Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Georg Curtius, Prince Adolf of Auersperg, and Rosa Vercellana. After him are Prince August of Württemberg, Friedrich Kiel, Bharatendu Harishchandra, André Gill, William Thoms, and Justo Rufino Barrios.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas ranks 2,984 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Cheyney (1896), Jane Morris (1839), Delroy Lindo (1952), John Ford (1586), Matthew Garber (1956), and Basil Bernstein (1924). After him are Alexander Bain (1810), Richard Armitage (1971), Arthur Owen (1915), Anna Kingsford (1846), Felicity Jones (1983), and David C. Jewitt (1958).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas ranks 42. Before him are Henry Maudslay (1771), Alexander Parkes (1813), John Kemp Starley (1854), Clive Sinclair (1940), Arthur Wynne (1871), and John Barnard (1946). After him are Alexander Bain (1810), James Nasmyth (1808), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Joseph Aspdin (1778), Joseph Whitworth (1803), and Samuel Morland (1625).

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