1825 - 1898
Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort (13 March 1825 – 15 March 1898) was an English emigrant to New Zealand, where he became one of the country's most prominent 19th-century architects. He was instrumental in shaping the city of Christchurch's unique architectural identity and culture, and was appointed the first official Provincial Architect of the developing province of Canterbury. Heavily influenced by the Anglo-Catholic philosophy behind early Victorian architecture, he is credited with importing the Gothic revival style to New Zealand. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Mountfort has received more than 76,798 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Mountfort is the 441st most popular architect (down from 406th in 2019), the 4,331st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,188th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Architect.
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Among architects, Benjamin Mountfort ranks 441 out of 424. Before him are Otto Bartning, Ivan Fomin, Ryue Nishizawa, Richard Knill Freeman, Alexander Kokorinov, and Joseph Pickford. After him are James Wyatt, William Burges, Calvert Vaux, Wojciech Zabłocki, Robert A. M. Stern, and Robert Smirke.
1883 - 1959
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 435
1872 - 1936
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 436
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 437
1840 - 1904
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 438
1726 - 1772
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 439
1736 - 1782
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 440
1825 - 1898
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 441
1746 - 1813
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 442
1827 - 1881
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 443
1824 - 1895
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 444
1930 - 2020
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 445
1939 - Present
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 446
1780 - 1867
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 447
Among people born in 1825, Benjamin Mountfort ranks 72. Before him are William McGonagall, Aleksey Pleshcheyev, George Inness, John Lawrence LeConte, A. P. Hill, and R. M. Ballantyne. After him are Albrecht Weber, Francisco Antonino Vidal, Adelaide Anne Procter, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, and Francis James Child. Among people deceased in 1898, Benjamin Mountfort ranks 76. Before him are Yakov Polonsky, Don Carlos Buell, Osbert Salvin, Luiza Pesjak, William Rosecrans, and Wilford Woodruff. After him are Georg Bühler, Samuel Plimsoll, Frances Willard, Thomas F. Bayard, George Grey, and Blanche Bruce.
1825 - 1902
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 66
1825 - 1893
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 67
1825 - 1894
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 68
1825 - 1883
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 69
1825 - 1865
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 70
1825 - 1894
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 71
1825 - 1898
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 72
1825 - 1901
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 73
1825 - 1889
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 74
1825 - 1864
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 75
1825 - 1921
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 76
1825 - 1908
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 77
1825 - 1896
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 78
1819 - 1898
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 70
1818 - 1898
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 71
1835 - 1898
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 72
1828 - 1898
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 73
1819 - 1898
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 74
1807 - 1898
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 75
1825 - 1898
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 76
1837 - 1898
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 77
1824 - 1898
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 78
1839 - 1898
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 79
1828 - 1898
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 80
1812 - 1898
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 81
1841 - 1898
HPI: 32.57
Rank: 82
Among people born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Mountfort ranks 4,331 out of 7,765. Before him are Keir Hardie (1856), Bill Nicholson (1919), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), Arnold Jackson (1891), Joseph Pickford (1736), and Naseem Hamed (1974). After him are Duffy (1984), Frederick Grace (1884), Gerald Scarfe (1936), Ian McLagan (1945), Benjamin Wilson (1721), and Martin Litchfield West (1937).
1856 - 1915
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 4,325
1919 - 2004
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 4,326
800 - 794
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 4,327
1891 - 1972
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 4,328
1736 - 1782
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 4,329
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 4,330
1825 - 1898
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 4,331
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 4,332
1884 - 1964
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 4,333
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 4,334
1945 - 2014
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 4,335
1721 - 1788
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 4,336
1937 - 2015
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 4,337
Among architects born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Mountfort ranks 36. Before him are Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661), Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764), James Gibbs (1682), Richard Knill Freeman (1840), and Joseph Pickford (1736). After him are James Wyatt (1746), William Burges (1827), Calvert Vaux (1824), Robert Smirke (1780), George Gilbert Scott (1811), and Giles Gilbert Scott (1880).
1900 - 1975
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 30
1661 - 1736
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 31
1764 - 1820
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 32
1682 - 1754
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 33
1840 - 1904
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 34
1736 - 1782
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 35
1825 - 1898
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 36
1746 - 1813
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 37
1827 - 1881
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 38
1824 - 1895
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 39
1780 - 1867
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 40
1811 - 1878
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 41
1880 - 1960
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 42