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Thomas Telford, an Uncommon card
Thomas Telford was a Scottish civil engineer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 79,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels.
- Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways and related bridges, he was dubbed the 'Colossus of Roads', and, reflecting his command of all types of civil engineering in the early 19th century, he was elected as the first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he held for 14 years until his death.
- The town of Telford in Shropshire was named after him.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Telford article was read about 79,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Thomas Telford
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas Telford (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Henry Raeburn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.