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Harry Grindell Matthews

Inventor (1880-1941)

  • Fame42.3
  • Momentum2.3
  • Wikipedia487
Source-basedStable
Lived 1880–1941, aged 61South Africa
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  • Era
    1880–1941
    Aged 61
  • Known for
    The Death Ray
    1924
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Updated 2026-06-18

Harry Grindell Matthews was an English inventor who claimed to have invented a death ray in the 1920s.

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42.3
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Momentum2.3
Historical4.6
Now attention12.8
Source confidence35.0
Completeness75.0
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