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Cass Gilbert

1859 - 1934

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Cass Gilbert (November 24, 1859 – May 17, 1934) was an American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minnesota, Arkansas, and West Virginia, the Detroit Public Library, the Saint Louis Art Museum and Public Library. His public buildings in the Beaux Arts style reflect the optimistic American sense that the nation was heir to Greek democracy, Roman law and Renaissance humanism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cass Gilbert has received more than 343,588 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Cass Gilbert is the 450th most popular architect (down from 392nd in 2019), the 9,944th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,360th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Architect.

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  • 340k

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  • 41.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Cass Gilbert ranks 450 out of 424. Before him are Calvert Vaux, Wojciech Zabłocki, Robert A. M. Stern, Robert Smirke, George Gilbert Scott, and Sophia Hayden. After him are Giles Gilbert Scott, Ernő Goldfinger, John Russell Pope, Bjarke Ingels, Andrew Jackson Downing, and Gülsün Sağlamer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Cass Gilbert ranks 126. Before him are Cecilia Grierson, Alfredo Baquerizo, Juan Antonio Escurra, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Paolo Orsi, and Christopher Hornsrud. After him are Matilda Howell, Mary Anderson, George Lansbury, and Alice Eastwood. Among people deceased in 1934, Cass Gilbert ranks 149. Before him are Joel Lehtonen, Heinz Prüfer, Dukinfield Henry Scott, Augusto Pestana, Frank J. Sprague, and Lowell Sherman. After him are Arthur Surridge Hunt, Davidson Black, Karl Dane, Lew Cody, Lilyan Tashman, and Harry A. Pollard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cass Gilbert ranks 9,944 out of 18,182. Before him are Taylor Dayne (1962), Marjorie Rambeau (1889), Booker Ervin (1930), Sheila Kelley (1961), Bill Mumy (1954), and DeMar DeRozan (1989). After him are Dawn Wells (1938), James Algar (1912), Carlos Alazraqui (1962), Phyllis Somerville (1943), Daniel Akaka (1924), and David Jenkins (1936).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Cass Gilbert ranks 29. Before him are Julia Morgan (1872), Walter Burley Griffin (1876), Robert Moses (1888), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), and Robert A. M. Stern (1939). After him are John Russell Pope (1874), Andrew Jackson Downing (1815), Maya Lin (1959), and Billy Casper (1931).

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