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Capability Brown

1716 - 1783

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Lancelot "Capability" Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783) was an English gardener and landscape architect, a notable figure in the history of the English landscape garden style. Unlike other architects including William Kent, he was a hands-on gardener and provided his clients with a full turnkey service, designing the gardens and park, and then managing their landscaping and planting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Capability Brown has received more than 1,258,557 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Capability Brown is the 405th most popular architect (down from 359th in 2019), the 3,341st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,983rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Architect.

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  • 48.57

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Capability Brown ranks 405 out of 518. Before him are Andrey Voronikhin, Arnold Bode, Baron Karl von Hasenauer, Denise Scott Brown, Vasily Bazhenov, and Victor Louis. After him are Dankmar Adler, Martin Gropius, Frederick Catherwood, Martin Wagner, Franco Albini, and Nora Stanton Barney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1716, Capability Brown ranks 21. Before him are Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, Otto von Münchhausen, and Gaspar de Portolá. After him is George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville. Among people deceased in 1783, Capability Brown ranks 19. Before him are Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Johann Jakob Bodmer, Christian Mayer, William Hunter, Ignaz Holzbauer, and Gerhard Friedrich Müller. After him is Alexander Ablesimov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Capability Brown ranks 3,341 out of 8,785. Before him are Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer (1897), Peter Bonetti (1941), William Lawes (1602), Henry Scott Tuke (1858), Richard de Bury (1287), and Michael Wilding (1912). After him are Francis Hauksbee (1660), Aneka (1947), Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355), Charles Avison (1709), William Bradford (1590), and John Abbot (1751).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Capability Brown ranks 22. Before him are Charles Barry (1795), John Vanbrugh (1664), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Thomas Telford (1757), Charles Cameron (1746), and John Soane (1753). After him are Frederick Catherwood (1799), Nora Stanton Barney (1883), Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), Peter Cook (1936), Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694), and Edward Blore (1787).

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