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William Froude

1810 - 1879

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William Froude (; 28 November 1810 – 4 May 1879) was an English engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect. He was the first to formulate reliable laws for the resistance that water offers to ships (such as the hull speed equation) and for predicting their stability. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Froude is the 291st most popular engineer (down from 259th in 2019), the 3,916th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,123rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, William Froude ranks 291 out of 389. Before him are Friedrich L. Bauer, Charles Joseph Minard, Christopher Cockerell, Wilhelm Nusselt, Fulgence Bienvenüe, and Marc René, marquis de Montalembert. After him are Hideo Itokawa, Burt Rutan, Viktor Kozin, Joseph Bazalgette, Ron Tauranac, and Markus Reiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, William Froude ranks 85. Before him are Baron Ignaz von Plener, Jules Malou, Paul Kane, Johanna Kinkel, Nísia Floresta, and Félicien David. After him are Ernestine Rose, Tomás Gomensoro Albín, Louis Fraser, Nicolae Golescu, Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, and Johann Ludwig Krapf. Among people deceased in 1879, William Froude ranks 56. Before him are William Lloyd Garrison, Peter Michal Bohúň, Joseph Hooker, Edward Blore, László Paál, and Peter Arnold Heise. After him are Emma Smith, William Fothergill Cooke, Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, Juan Antonio Pezet, Epameinondas Deligeorgis, and Jacob Abbott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Froude ranks 3,917 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (1340), Reece James (1999), Henry Shrapnel (1761), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), W. W. Jacobs (1863), and Charles Avison (1709). After him are Verney Lovett Cameron (1844), Hilda of Whitby (614), Henry Clifton Sorby (1826), Jeremy Kemp (1935), Dennis Brain (1921), and Geoff Nicholls (1948).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, William Froude ranks 27. Before him are John Smeaton (1724), William Playfair (1759), André Waterkeyn (1917), Harvey Postlethwaite (1944), James B. Francis (1815), and Frederick W. Lanchester (1868). After him are Joseph Bazalgette (1819), Ron Tauranac (1925), Robert W. Paul (1869), Mal Evans (1935), Ralph Bagnold (1896), and Geoffrey de Havilland (1882).

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