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Calvert Vaux

1824 - 1895

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Calvert Vaux FAIA (; December 20, 1824 – November 19, 1895) was an English-American architect and landscape designer, best known as the co-designer, along with his protégé and junior partner Frederick Law Olmsted, of what would become New York City's Central Park. Vaux, on his own and in various partnerships, designed and created dozens of parks across the northeastern United States, most famously in New York City, Brooklyn, and Buffalo. He introduced new ideas about the significance of public parks in America during a hectic time of urbanization. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Calvert Vaux has received more than 268,867 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Calvert Vaux is the 494th most popular architect (down from 443rd in 2019), the 5,268th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,500th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Architect.

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  • 270k

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  • 42.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Calvert Vaux has had the most page views in the with 28,948 views, followed by Spanish (1,750), and French (1,691). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (37.19%), Estonian (31.54%), and Esperanto (20.00%)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Calvert Vaux ranks 494 out of 518. Before him are Richard Morris Hunt, William Adam, Alfred Mosher Butts, Joseph Pickford, John Russell Pope, and Benjamin Mountfort. After him are Maya Lin, Gülsün Sağlamer, Einari Teräsvirta, Herbert Baker, Carme Pigem, and Arnstein Arneberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Calvert Vaux ranks 80. Before him are Franz Sigel, Lőrinc Schlauch, Christen Dalsgaard, Edmund Kirby Smith, Hieronymous Theodor Richter, and Samuel Plimsoll. After him are Eastman Johnson, and William Allingham. Among people deceased in 1895, Calvert Vaux ranks 90. Before him are Charles Frédéric Girard, Henry Seebohm, Walter Q. Gresham, Richard Morris Hunt, Lady Charlotte Guest, and Peter Hardeman Burnett. After him are Hugh McCulloch, and Emily Faithfull.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Calvert Vaux ranks 5,268 out of 8,785. Before him are William Empson (1906), Samantha Power (1970), Colin Davis (1933), James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612), Maurice Norman (1934), and Donald Burgess (1933). After him are Jeremy Hunt (1966), Donald Dewar (1937), George Goulding (1884), Barbara Pym (1913), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (1993).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Calvert Vaux ranks 45. Before him are James Gibbs (1682), Aston Webb (1849), George Gilbert Scott (1811), William Adam (1689), Joseph Pickford (1736), and Benjamin Mountfort (1825). After him are Herbert Baker (1862), John Douglas (1830), Richard Norman Shaw (1831), Charles Holden (1875), and Lesley Lokko (1964).

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