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Yvonne Brill

1924 - 2013

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Yvonne Madelaine Brill (née Claeys; December 30, 1924 – March 27, 2013) was a Canadian American rocket and jet propulsion engineer. She is responsible for inventing the Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster (EHT/Resistojet), a fuel-efficient rocket thruster that keeps today’s satellites in orbit, and holds a patent for its invention. During her career she was involved in a broad range of national space programs in the United States, including NASA and the International Maritime Satellite Organization. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yvonne Brill is the 390th most popular inventor (up from 397th in 2019), the 609th most popular biography from Canada (down from 573rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Yvonne Brill ranks 390 out of 426. Before her are George Stibitz, George Beauchamp, Robin Li, William Friese-Greene, Oliver Evans, and Gary Fisher. After her are Dean Kamen, Bette Nesmith Graham, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Lewis Howard Latimer, Jerry Lawson, and John F. Seitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Yvonne Brill ranks 442. Before her are Lucy Salani, Lucky Thompson, Armando Peraza, Nicholas Colasanto, Gail Russell, and Vladimir Bogomolov. After her are Norman Alden, Mary Ford, Lennart Magnusson, Annemarie Buchner, Lev Kulidzhanov, and Norman Fell. Among people deceased in 2013, Yvonne Brill ranks 431. Before her are Sharon Stouder, Luis Ubiña, Ernest Schultz, Stan Vickers, Faith Leech, and Cedar Walton. After her are Antonio Jasso, Valdis Muižnieks, Kauko Hänninen, Elías Querejeta, Gene Mako, and Simon Pimenta.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Yvonne Brill ranks 609 out of 1,622. Before her are Paul Churchland (1942), Nicole Appleton (1974), Paul Corkum (1943), Roy Dupuis (1963), Scotty Bowman (1933), and Elmer Clifton (1890). After her are Tom Thomson (1877), Robert Lepage (1957), William Hope (1955), Farley Mowat (1921), Mike Bossy (1957), and Tony Esposito (1943).

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Among INVENTORS In Canada

Among inventors born in Canada, Yvonne Brill ranks 5. Before her are James Naismith (1861), Reginald Fessenden (1866), Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907), and Gerald Bull (1928).

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