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Andrew Jackson Downing

1815 - 1852

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Andrew Jackson Downing (October 31, 1815 – July 28, 1852) was an American landscape designer, horticulturist, writer, prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival in the United States, and editor of The Horticulturist magazine (1846–1852). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Jackson Downing has received more than 179,199 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Andrew Jackson Downing is the 502nd most popular architect (down from 454th in 2019), the 12,315th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,515th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Architect.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Andrew Jackson Downing ranks 502 out of 518. Before him are Gülsün Sağlamer, Einari Teräsvirta, Herbert Baker, Carme Pigem, Arnstein Arneberg, and Max Abramovitz. After him are Yasmeen Lari, Marion Mahony Griffin, Luigi Negri, Charles Bulfinch, Charles Correa, and Marco Casagrande.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Andrew Jackson Downing ranks 87. Before him are Edward James Roye, Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, Howell Cobb, William J. Hardee, James Seddon, and Richard Henry Dana Jr.. After him are Hablot Knight Browne, James W. Nye, and Alexander Ramsey. Among people deceased in 1852, Andrew Jackson Downing ranks 66. Before him are Francisco Javier Echeverría, Christoph Gudermann, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Horatio Greenough, Frances Wright, and Walter Forward. After him is John George Children.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew Jackson Downing ranks 12,315 out of 20,380. Before him are Lance Barber (1973), Charles Magill Conrad (1804), Chad Allen (1974), Richard Schoen (1950), John Kiffmeyer (1969), and Rajon Rondo (1986). After him are Danielle Panabaker (1987), Zina Garrison (1963), Richard LaGravenese (1959), Ian MacKaye (1962), Nick Lachey (1973), and Jimmy Chamberlin (1964).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Andrew Jackson Downing ranks 35. Before him are Robert A. M. Stern (1939), Richard Morris Hunt (1827), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), John Russell Pope (1874), Maya Lin (1959), and Max Abramovitz (1908). After him are Marion Mahony Griffin (1871), Charles Bulfinch (1763), Billy Casper (1931), and Alexis Sablone (1986).

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