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Carl Ludvig Engel

1778 - 1840

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Carl Ludvig Engel or Johann Carl Ludwig Engel (3 July 1778 – 14 May 1840) was a German architect whose most noted work can be found in Helsinki, which he helped rebuild. His works include most of the buildings around the capital's monumental centre, the Senate Square and the buildings surrounding it. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Ludvig Engel has received more than 97,353 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Carl Ludvig Engel is the 164th most popular architect (up from 191st in 2019), the 1,783rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,062nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 164 out of 518Before him are Robert Adam, Ur-Nanshe, Paul Abadie, Fumihiko Maki, David Chipperfield, and Mikhail Eisenstein. After him are Michael Ventris, Bernard Tschumi, Kisho Kurokawa, Jacques-François Blondel, Carl Ritter von Ghega, and Ernst Neufert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 20Before him are Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Ugo Foscolo, Kittur Chennamma, and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Carl Bernhard von Trinius, Beau Brummell, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sophie Blanchard, Augustinos Kapodistrias, and Sigismund von Neukomm. Among people deceased in 1840, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 18Before him are Louis de Bonald, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, and Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Anne Lister, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia, Beau Brummell, Francisco de Paula Santander, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, and Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 1,783 out of 7,253Before him are Werner Jaeger (1888), Basil Valentine (1394), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Louis VI, Elector Palatine (1539), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), and Christa Ludwig (1928). After him are Wilhelm Zaisser (1893), Theodor Lipps (1851), Wilhelm Marr (1819), Sebastian Vettel (1987), Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1568), and Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764).

Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 16Before him are Albert Speer (1934), Leo von Klenze (1784), Robert Koldewey (1855), Gottfried Böhm (1920), Hans Scharoun (1893), and Ludwig Borchardt (1863). After him are Ernst Neufert (1900), Günter Behnisch (1922), Paul Troost (1878), Hans Poelzig (1869), Lilly Reich (1885), and Friedrich von Gärtner (1791).