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André Gill

1840 - 1885

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André Gill (17 October 1840 – 1 May 1885) was a French caricaturist. Born Louis-Alexandre Gosset de Guînes at Paris, the son of the Comte de Guînes and Sylvie-Adeline Gosset, Gill studied at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. He adopted the pseudonym André Gill in homage to his hero, James Gillray. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Gill has received more than 59,147 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. André Gill is the 1,453rd most popular painter, the 3,788th most popular biography from France and the 235th most popular French Painter.

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  • 59k

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  • 50.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, André Gill ranks 1,453 out of 2,023. Before him are Ferdynand Ruszczyc, Antoine Vollon, Constance Mayer, Kazimierz Alchimowicz, Hiroshi Yoshida, and Ana Mendieta. After him are Pavel Filonov, Evert van Aelst, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Simon Bening, Antonin Mercié, and Leon Wyczółkowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, André Gill ranks 64. Before him are Marko Kropyvnytskyi, Victorino de la Plaza, Angelo de Gubernatis, Charles Warren, Lars Fredrik Nilson, and Kazimierz Alchimowicz. After him are Franco Faccio, Célestine Galli-Marié, Viktor Knorre, Aisha Taymur, Theodor Philipsen, and Nozu Michitsura. Among people deceased in 1885, André Gill ranks 56. Before him are Rosa Vercellana, Bharatendu Harishchandra, Prince Adolf of Auersperg, Schuyler Colfax, Georg Curtius, and Henri Dupuy de Lôme. After him are Prince August of Württemberg, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Ludvig Norman, Justo Rufino Barrios, and William Thoms.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Gill ranks 3,788 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Deloge (1874), Charles Despiau (1874), Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (1920), Camille Mandrillon (1891), Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923), and Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674). After him are Jean Richard (1921), Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795), Louis de Freycinet (1779), Daniel Bensaïd (1946), Gaston Tissandier (1843), and Jean Decoux (1884).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, André Gill ranks 235. Before him are Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin (1860), François Marius Granet (1775), Gabriel François Doyen (1726), Julien Dupré (1851), Antoine Vollon (1833), and Constance Mayer (1775). After him are Antonin Mercié (1845), Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1852), Louis Hersent (1777), Luc-Olivier Merson (1846), Paul César Helleu (1859), and Charles Laval (1862).

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