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Adolphe Appia

1862 - 1928

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Adolphe Appia (1 September 1862 – 29 February 1928) was a Swiss architect and theorist of stage lighting and décor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolphe Appia has received more than 128,727 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Adolphe Appia is the 206th most popular architect (down from 190th in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 190th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swiss Architect.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Adolphe Appia ranks 206 out of 518. Before him are Henri Labrouste, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Lilly Reich, Elissa Aalto, Christian de Portzamparc, and Alexander Tamanian. After him are Jacques Lemercier, Nicholas Negroponte, Friedrich von Gärtner, Josep Lluís Sert, Ferdinand Fellner, and Kevin Roche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Adolphe Appia ranks 59. Before him are Nitobe Inazō, Arvid Lindman, Frederick Delius, Nicholas Murray Butler, Eugen Ehrlich, and Edvard Westermarck. After him are Léon Boëllmann, Sergei Nilus, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Louis Botha, Paul Adam, and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. Among people deceased in 1928, Adolphe Appia ranks 46. Before him are Alvin Kraenzlein, Edward Walter Maunder, Hannah Chaplin, Léon Duguit, José Sánchez del Río, and Eglantyne Jebb. After him are Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Otto Nordenskjöld, Mauritz Stiller, Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, and Medardo Rosso.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Adolphe Appia ranks 218 out of 1,015. Before him are Wiborada (900), Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), Alain Berset (1972), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Rudolf II, Count of Habsburg (1168), and Françoise-Louise de Warens (1699). After him are Umberto Agnelli (1934), Robert Miles (1969), Denis de Rougemont (1906), George de Mestral (1907), Pascal Couchepin (1942), and Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Switzerland

Among architects born in Switzerland, Adolphe Appia ranks 12. Before him are Mario Botta (1943), Hannes Meyer (1889), Max Bill (1908), Bernard Tschumi (1944), Pietro Lombardo (1435), and Carlo Fontana (1638). After him are Pierre Jeanneret (1896), Domenico Trezzini (1670), Justus Dahinden (1925), Aurelio Galfetti (1936), and James of Saint George (1230).

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