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Charles Barry

1795 - 1860

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Sir Charles Barry FRS RA (23 May 1795 – 12 May 1860) was a British architect, best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament) in London during the mid-19th century, but also responsible for numerous other buildings and gardens. He is known for his major contribution to the use of Italianate architecture in Britain, especially the use of the Palazzo as basis for the design of country houses, city mansions and public buildings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Barry has received more than 456,146 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Charles Barry is the 289th most popular architect (down from 239th in 2019), the 2,211th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,816th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Charles Barry ranks 289 out of 518. Before him are Pierre Cuypers, Salomon de Brosse, Ineni, Werner March, Aristotele Fioravanti, and Boris Iofan. After him are Galeazzo Alessi, Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Friedrich Gilly, Camillo Boito, Bruno Zevi, and Charles Percier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Charles Barry ranks 35. Before him are Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Ghazi Muhammad, Anton Schindler, James Braid, Policarpa Salavarrieta, and Karl Eichwald. After him are Kondraty Ryleyev, Carl Anton von Meyer, Karl Ludwig Sand, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, Arthur Morin, and Peter Jan Beckx. Among people deceased in 1860, Charles Barry ranks 37. Before him are Élie, duc Decazes, Duchess Marie of Württemberg, Ludwig Rellstab, Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, and Joseph Cafasso. After him are Tokugawa Nariaki, André Marie Constant Duméril, Eduard Friedrich Eversmann, Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, Honoré Charles Reille, and Johan Ludvig Heiberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Barry ranks 2,211 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Lancaster (1778), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Michael Jackson (1942), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), and William Hartnell (1908). After him are Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Cuthbert (635), Alan Sillitoe (1928), Charles Wesley (1707), Edith Tolkien (1889), and Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Charles Barry ranks 16. Before him are John Nash (1752), Archibald Leitch (1865), William Kent (1685), Ralph Erskine (1914), Augustus Pugin (1812), and Glenn Murcutt (1936). After him are John Vanbrugh (1664), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Thomas Telford (1757), Charles Cameron (1746), John Soane (1753), and Capability Brown (1716).

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