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William Fothergill Cooke

1806 - 1879

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Sir William Fothergill Cooke (4 May 1806 – 25 June 1879) was an English inventor. He was, with Charles Wheatstone, the co-inventor of the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph, which was patented in May 1837. Together with John Ricardo he founded the Electric Telegraph Company, the world's first public telegraph company, in 1846. He was knighted in 1869. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Fothergill Cooke is the 342nd most popular inventor (up from 376th in 2019), the 3,954th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,381st in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, William Fothergill Cooke ranks 342 out of 426. Before him are Harry Brearley, Heinrich Gerber, André Blondel, Henry Shrapnel, Edward Lawry Norton, and David Dunbar Buick. After him are Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, Ivan Polzunov, John Wilkinson, Joseph Timchenko, Prokop Diviš, and Kirkpatrick Macmillan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, William Fothergill Cooke ranks 51. Before him are Fabre Geffrard, Aristeidis Moraitinis, Jane Pierce, Michele Amari, Ivan Kireyevsky, and Matthew Fontaine Maury. After him are Henry Kellett, Gaetano Bedini, Martín Carrera, Gennaios Kolokotronis, Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov, and Blanka Teleki. Among people deceased in 1879, William Fothergill Cooke ranks 58. Before him are Joseph Hooker, Edward Blore, László Paál, Peter Arnold Heise, William Froude, and Emma Smith. After him are Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, Juan Antonio Pezet, Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Jacob Abbott, John Bell Hood, and Henry Charles Carey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Fothergill Cooke ranks 3,955 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Garden (1874), Mortimer Wheeler (1890), Georges Passerieu (1885), Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800), Leo Sayer (1948), and Richard Lynn (1930). After him are Zac Goldsmith (1975), Reginald Punnett (1875), Ben Davies (1993), Anna Lee (1913), Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750), and Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, William Fothergill Cooke ranks 55. Before him are George Graham (1673), Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), Abraham Darby I (1678), Harry Brearley (1871), Henry Shrapnel (1761), and David Dunbar Buick (1854). After him are John Wilkinson (1728), Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Joseph Bramah (1748), John Milne (1850), and Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847).

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