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Alphonse Legros

1837 - 1911

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Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: [alfɔ̃s ləɡʁo]; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist. He moved to London in 1863 and later was naturalized as British. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alphonse Legros has received more than 74,064 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Alphonse Legros is the 1,559th most popular painter (down from 1,380th in 2019), the 3,966th most popular biography from France (down from 3,666th in 2019) and the 245th most popular French Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Alphonse Legros ranks 1,559 out of 2,023. Before him are Georg Schrimpf, Mary Beale, Apollinary Vasnetsov, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Francesco Squarcione, and Albert Chmielowski. After him are Kikuchi Yōsai, Jacques d'Arthois, Anita Malfatti, Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst, Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp, and Viggo Johansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Alphonse Legros ranks 83. Before him are Charles Yerkes, Tigran Chukhajian, Mary Harris Jones, Elizabeth Jane Gardner, Wilhelm Lexis, and Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar. After him are Paul Gordan, Artur Grottger, Ralph Copeland, Thomas Moran, Princess Leopoldine of Baden, and Jacob Maris. Among people deceased in 1911, Alphonse Legros ranks 64. Before him are Carl Fredrik Hill, Edwin Austin Abbey, Florentino Ameghino, Carrie Nation, Gustaf Fröding, and Ivan Grohar. After him are Carolina Coronado, Kanno Sugako, Quanah Parker, Christian Lundeberg, W. S. Gilbert, and Anton Josef Gruscha.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alphonse Legros ranks 3,965 out of 6,770. Before him are Sidney Govou (1979), René Dubos (1901), Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma (1933), Renée Jeanne Falconetti (1892), and Elisabeth Abegg (1882). After him are J. R. D. Tata (1904), Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville (1720), Guy de la Chapelle (1868), Léon Delagrange (1872), Dominique Fernandez (1929), Joseph Diez Gergonne (1771), and Jacques Pelletier du Mans (1517).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Alphonse Legros ranks 245. Before him are Luc-Olivier Merson (1846), Paul César Helleu (1859), Charles Laval (1862), Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867), Jean Broc (1771), and Joseph Ducreux (1735). After him are Henri Harpignies (1819), Maxime Maufra (1861), Ernest Hébert (1817), Isaac Oliver (1556), Isidore Pils (1813), and Maurice Boitel (1919).

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