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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 368,048 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Cass Gilbert is the 469th most popular architect (down from 449th in 2019), the 8,543rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,922nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Architect.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Cass Gilbert ranks 469 out of 518. Before him are Gunnar Birkerts, Suad Amiry, Max Taut, Harry Vardon, Patricia Urquiola, and Julia Morgan. After him are Wivi Lönn, Richard Knill Freeman, Mikhail Zemtsov, Otto Bartning, Henry Hobson Richardson, and James Wyatt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Cass Gilbert ranks 126. Before him are George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., Vincenzo Cerulli, Carrie Chapman Catt, Anatole Le Braz, Alfredo Baquerizo, and Theobald Smith. After him are Victor Herbert, Jón Magnússon, Sigurd Ibsen, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Juan Antonio Escurra, and Vjenceslav Novak. Among people deceased in 1934, Cass Gilbert ranks 150. Before him are Claudio Williman, William H. Welch, Ferenc Móra, Theobald Smith, Dukinfield Henry Scott, and Walther von Dyck. After him are Hélène Boucher, Leonid Sobinov, Arthur Surridge Hunt, Lou Tellegen, Davidson Black, and Emiliano González Navero.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cass Gilbert ranks 8,543 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Myers (1882), Robert John Braidwood (1907), Hal Blaine (1929), Barbara Boxer (1940), Maxfield Parrish (1870), and Dana DeArmond (1979). After him are John Buscema (1927), Jack Harlow (1998), Gorilla Monsoon (1937), Laura Nyro (1947), David Hammond (1881), and Mamie Smith (1891).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Cass Gilbert ranks 27. Before him are Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), Daniel Burnham (1846), Walter Burley Griffin (1876), John Hejduk (1929), Robert Moses (1888), and Julia Morgan (1872). After him are Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), Robert A. M. Stern (1939), Richard Morris Hunt (1827), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), John Russell Pope (1874), and Maya Lin (1959).

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