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Adolf Meyer

1881 - 1929

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Adolf Meyer (17 June 1881, Mechernich – 14 July 1929, the Island of Baltrum) was a German architect. A student and employee of both Bruno Paul and Peter Behrens, Meyer became the office boss of the firm of Walter Gropius around 1915 and a full partner afterwards. In 1919, Gropius appointed Meyer as a master at the Bauhaus, where he taught work drawing and construction technique. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Meyer has received more than 8,353 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Adolf Meyer is the 234th most popular architect (down from 232nd in 2019), the 2,468th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,409th in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Adolf Meyer ranks 234 out of 518. Before him are Alexey Shchusev, Konstantin Melnikov, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Robert de Cotte, Friedrich von Schmidt, and Tony Garnier. After him are Pirro Ligorio, Luciano Laurana, Archibald Leitch, Nicola Salvi, Imre Steindl, and Cedric Gibbons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Adolf Meyer ranks 89. Before him are Irakli Tsereteli, Octavian Goga, Matrona Nikonova, Albert Austin, Väinö Tanner, and Wilhelm Lehmbruck. After him are King Oliver, Louis Trousselier, Rauf Orbay, Ernest Bevin, Richard C. Tolman, and Valery Larbaud. Among people deceased in 1929, Adolf Meyer ranks 54. Before him are Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Georg von der Marwitz, Gotō Shinpei, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Clemens von Pirquet, and Sergei Nilus. After him are Henri Gervex, José Batlle y Ordóñez, Elfrida Andrée, Millicent Fawcett, Hans Delbrück, and P. J. Kennedy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Meyer ranks 2,468 out of 7,253. Before him are Christiane Vulpius (1765), Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700), Volker Finke (1948), Fritz Klingenberg (1912), Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1842), and Dorothea Erxleben (1715). After him are Ernst-Günther Baade (1897), Erasmus Reinhold (1511), Albert of Saxony (1316), Friedrich Pollock (1894), Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (1898), and Max Richter (1966).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Adolf Meyer ranks 25. Before him are Paul Troost (1878), Hans Poelzig (1869), Lilly Reich (1885), Friedrich von Gärtner (1791), Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662), and Friedrich von Schmidt (1825). After him are Hermann Muthesius (1861), Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615), Hermann Tilke (1954), Friedrich August Stüler (1800), Ernst Ziller (1837), and Werner March (1894).

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