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Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715

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Thomas Savery (; c. 1650 – 15 May 1715) was an English inventor and engineer. He invented the first commercially used steam-powered device, a steam pump which is often referred to as the "Savery engine". Savery's steam pump was a revolutionary method of pumping water, which improved mine drainage and made widespread public water supply practicable. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Savery is the 91st most popular inventor (down from 81st in 2019), the 900th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 625th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Inventor.

Thomas Savery is most famous for inventing the first commercially successful steam engine.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Thomas Savery ranks 91 out of 426. Before him are Ray Tomlinson, Bi Sheng, Raymond Damadian, Joseph Pilates, Alphonse Bertillon, and Henri Coandă. After him are André-Jacques Garnerin, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Johann Maria Farina, Sakichi Toyoda, Leo Fender, and Daniel Swarovski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1650, Thomas Savery ranks 3. Before him are William III of England, and John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. After him are Tituba, Ahmad Khani, Jean Bart, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Frederick Casimir Kettler, Anne Jules de Noailles, Vincenzo Coronelli, Joachim Neander, and Robert de Visée. Among people deceased in 1715, Thomas Savery ranks 11. Before him are Dom Pérignon, William Dampier, Antoine Galland, Marie Mancini, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, and Pu Songling. After him are Mirwais Hotak, François Girardon, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Pierre Magnol, Nicolas Lemery, and Joseph Raphson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Savery ranks 900 out of 8,785. Before him are William Stanley Jevons (1835), A. S. Neill (1883), Steve Harris (1956), Peter Finch (1916), J. L. Austin (1911), and John Frederic Daniell (1790). After him are Kenneth Clark (1903), John Pell (1611), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), John Gielgud (1904), Banksy (1970), and Anne Conway (1631).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Thomas Savery ranks 13. Before him are John Herschel (1792), Frank Whittle (1907), Richard Trevithick (1771), John Boyd Dunlop (1840), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), and Rowland Hill (1795). After him are John Harrison (1693), Richard Arkwright (1732), Henry Bessemer (1813), William Webb Ellis (1806), James Hargreaves (1720), and Edmund Cartwright (1743).

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