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Tabitha Babbitt

1779 - 1853

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Sarah "Tabitha" Babbitt (December 9, 1779 - December 10, 1853) was a Shaker credited as a tool maker and inventor. Inventions attributed to her by the Shakers include the circular saw in lumber milling, an improved spinning wheel head, and a process for manufacturing false teeth. She became a member of the Harvard Shaker community in 1793. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tabitha Babbitt is the 373rd most popular inventor (down from 321st in 2019), the 9,142nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,336th in 2019) and the 98th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Tabitha Babbitt ranks 373 out of 426. Before her are Frank J. Sprague, Amar Bose, Andrew Viterbi, Karl Jatho, Edward Craven Walker, and Harry Ferguson. After her are Patricia Bath, John Milne, Henry J. Kaiser, Robert S. Langer, Wordsworth Donisthorpe, and Charles Darrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, Tabitha Babbitt ranks 34. Before her are Ali-Morad Khan Zand, Filippo Paulucci, Washington Allston, Joel Roberts Poinsett, José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle, and Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough. After her are Peter Mark Roget, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Zebulon Pike, Benjamin Silliman, Stephen Decatur, and Samuel D. Ingham. Among people deceased in 1853, Tabitha Babbitt ranks 55. Before her are Ditlev Blunck, Lucas Alamán, Melchior von Diepenbrock, Hugh Edwin Strickland, Manuel María Lombardini, and Sarah Goodridge. After her are José Ramón Rodil, 1st Marquess of Rodil, Charles James Napier, and Amelia Opie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tabitha Babbitt ranks 9,144 out of 20,380. Before her are William Alston (1921), Aubrey Plaza (1984), Gouverneur Morris (1752), Marsha Ivins (1951), Marshall Berman (1940), and Peter Friedman (1949). After her are Conlon Nancarrow (1912), Tony Kushner (1956), Diane di Prima (1934), Patricia Bath (1942), Gail Ann Dorsey (1962), and Salvatore Cordileone (1956).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Tabitha Babbitt ranks 98. Before her are Margaret E. Knight (1838), Orville Gibson (1856), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), Ken Olsen (1926), Frank J. Sprague (1857), and Amar Bose (1929). After her are Patricia Bath (1942), Henry J. Kaiser (1882), Robert S. Langer (1948), Charles Darrow (1889), Frank Piasecki (1919), and George Stibitz (1904).

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