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Kirkpatrick Macmillan

1835 - 1867

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Kirkpatrick Macmillan (Keir, Dumfries and Galloway, 2 de setembro de 1812 — Keir, 26 de janeiro de 1878) foi um ferreiro escocês e inventor da bicicleta. Por volta do ano de 1824 ele viu alguém andando com uma dandy horse (veículo precursor da bicicleta) nas proximidades de sua casa e decidiu construir seu próprio veículo. Teve então a ideia de aprimorar o veículo de forma que pudesse ser propulsionado sem que fosse necessário colocar os pés no chão. Resolveu adaptar bielas à roda traseira, acionadas por alavancas presas na estrutura principal. Leia mais na Wikipédia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Kirkpatrick Macmillan is the 348th most popular inventor (up from 368th in 2024), the 4,117th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,256th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Inventor.

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Among Inventors

Among inventors, Kirkpatrick Macmillan ranks 348 out of 426. Before him are William Fothergill Cooke, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, Ivan Polzunov, John Wilkinson, Joseph Timchenko, and Prokop Diviš. After him are Henry M. Leland, Thomas Wedgwood, Kálmán Tihanyi, Albrecht Berblinger, Kazimierz Prószyński, and John Fitch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Kirkpatrick Macmillan ranks 79. Before him are Osbert Salvin, Alexander Litovchenko, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, Antanas Baranauskas, Gregorio María Aguirre y García, and Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus. After him are Richard Olney, Richard Andree, Johannes Wislicenus, Theodore Thomas, Daniel Giraud Elliot, and A. V. Dicey. Among people deceased in 1867, Kirkpatrick Macmillan ranks 56. Before him are Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Charles John Andersson, Ignatius Brianchaninov, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac, Phan Thanh Giản, and Athanasios Miaoulis. After him are Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Sterling Price, Ira Aldridge, Robert Smirke, Prideaux John Selby, and Nathaniel Parker Willis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kirkpatrick Macmillan ranks 4,118 out of 8,785. Before him are Jack Broughton (1703), Flood (1960), Gia Scala (1934), Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), Bob Shaw (1931), and Annie Kenney (1879). After him are John Lyons (1932), L. S. Lowry (1887), Paul Kossoff (1950), Ajahn Brahm (1951), Neil Aspinall (1941), and Matt Monro (1930).

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Among Inventors In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Kirkpatrick Macmillan ranks 57. Before him are Abraham Darby I (1678), Harry Brearley (1871), Henry Shrapnel (1761), David Dunbar Buick (1854), William Fothergill Cooke (1806), and John Wilkinson (1728). After him are Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Joseph Bramah (1748), John Milne (1850), Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847), Isaac Pitman (1813), and Barnes Wallis (1887).

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