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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 92,323 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Carl Ludvig Engel is the 192nd most popular architect (down from 190th in 2019), the 2,064th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,918th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 192 out of 424Before him are James Hoban, Aristobulus of Cassandreia, Lev Rudnev, William Le Baron Jenney, Jean Prouvé, and Adolphe Appia. After him are Muhammad V of Granada, Hans Poelzig, Matthias of Arras, Alexey Shchusev, Hassan Fathy, and Giovanni Giocondo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 24Before him are Kittur Chennamma, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Beau Brummell, Sophie Blanchard, and Honoré V, Prince of Monaco. After him are Augustinos Kapodistrias, Sigismund von Neukomm, Joseph Lancaster, Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, and Joseph Aspdin. Among people deceased in 1840, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 19Before him are Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Francisco de Paula Santander, Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, and Beau Brummell. After him are Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, Marcellin Champagnat, and Anne Lister.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 2,064 out of 6,142Before him are Peter Henlein (1479), Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (1767), Friedrich Hoffmann (1660), Karl Frenzel (1911), Govert Flinck (1615), and Karl Lachmann (1793). After him are Eduard Wirths (1909), Wilhelm Beer (1797), Klaus Kinkel (1936), Otto Brunfels (1488), Joachim Schepke (1912), and Hans Poelzig (1869).

Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 19Before him are Hans Scharoun (1893), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), Gottfried Böhm (1920), Ernst Neufert (1900), Hermann Tilke (1954), and Paul Troost (1878). After him are Hans Poelzig (1869), Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662), Lilly Reich (1885), Adolf Meyer (1881), Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615), and Friedrich von Schmidt (1825).