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Aston Webb

1849 - 1930

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Sir Aston Webb, (22 May 1849 – 21 August 1930) was a British architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other major works around England, many of them in partnership with Ingress Bell. He was president of the Royal Academy from 1919 to 1924. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aston Webb has received more than 159,074 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Aston Webb is the 484th most popular architect, the 4,904th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 40th most popular British Architect.

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  • 160k

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  • 43.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Aston Webb ranks 484 out of 518. Before him are Giles Gilbert Scott, James Gibbs, Léon Krier, Ernő Goldfinger, Bjarke Ingels, and Johan Sigfrid Sirén. After him are Wojciech Zabłocki, George Gilbert Scott, Robert A. M. Stern, Richard Morris Hunt, William Adam, and Alfred Mosher Butts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Aston Webb ranks 108. Before him are Abbott Handerson Thayer, Horace Lamb, William R. Day, August Palm, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Edmund Gosse. After him are Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Edwin Lord Weeks, Sarat Chandra Das, Henrietta Edwards, and James Mason. Among people deceased in 1930, Aston Webb ranks 131. Before him are Erik Algot Fredriksson, Mary Harrison McKee, Santeri Alkio, Rebecca Latimer Felton, Šatrijos Ragana, and Christine Ladd-Franklin. After him are William Diller Matthew, Milton Sills, Henri Cohen, Johnny Douglas, Gauhar Jaan, and Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Aston Webb ranks 4,904 out of 8,785. Before him are Anne Fine (1947), Bobby Smith (1933), William Beechey (1753), Dorothy Round (1909), Mike Ratledge (1943), and Hannah Waddingham (1974). After him are Sheila Hancock (1933), Tony Trimmer (1943), Craig Ferguson (1962), James Wilson (1891), Stan Vickers (1932), and John Stanley (1712).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Aston Webb ranks 40. Before him are Richard Knill Freeman (1840), James Wyatt (1746), William Burges (1827), Robert Smirke (1780), Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), and James Gibbs (1682). After him are George Gilbert Scott (1811), William Adam (1689), Joseph Pickford (1736), Benjamin Mountfort (1825), Calvert Vaux (1824), and Herbert Baker (1862).

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