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Capability Brown

1716 - 1783

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Lancelot Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783), more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English gardener and landscape architect, who remains the most famous figure in the history of the English landscape garden style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Capability Brown has received more than 1,186,149 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Capability Brown is the 360th most popular architect (down from 329th in 2019), the 2,991st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,710th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Architect.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Capability Brown ranks 360 out of 424. Before him are Imre Makovecz, Girolamo Cassar, Nicolai Eigtved, Daniel Burnham, Peter Joseph Lenné, and Nicholas Grimshaw. After him are Juan de Villanueva, Victor Baltard, Michel de Klerk, Vasily Bazhenov, Mammad Hasan Hajinski, and James of Saint George.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1716, Capability Brown ranks 17. Before him are Pehr Kalm, Yuan Mei, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Otto von Münchhausen, and Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz. After him are Jean François de Saint-Lambert, Gaspar de Portolá, and George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville. Among people deceased in 1783, Capability Brown ranks 19. Before him are Johann Jakob Bodmer, Johann Kirnberger, Christian Mayer, Ignaz Holzbauer, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, and William Hunter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Capability Brown ranks 2,991 out of 7,765. Before him are Alec McCowen (1925), Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (1681), John Hoppner (1758), Derek Bell (1941), Gemma Chan (1982), and Ashley Cole (1980). After him are Quentin Crisp (1908), William Smith (1790), Andrew Latimer (1949), Thomas Gage (1719), Thomas Nashe (1567), and Sarah Siddons (1755).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Capability Brown ranks 24. Before him are Thomas Telford (1757), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Ralph Erskine (1914), Charles Cameron (1746), Frederick Catherwood (1799), and Nicholas Grimshaw (1939). After him are Edward Blore (1787), Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694), Peter Cook (1936), Kenneth Frampton (1930), Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), and Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900).

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