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Charles Holden

1875 - 1960

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Charles Henry Holden (12 May 1875 – 1 May 1960) was an English architect best known for designing many London Underground stations during the 1920s and 1930s, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London's headquarters at 55 Broadway, for the University of London's Senate House and for Bristol Central Library. He created many war cemeteries in Belgium and northern France for the Imperial War Graves Commission. After working and training in Bolton and Manchester, Holden moved to London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Holden has received more than 242,751 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Charles Holden is the 511th most popular architect (down from 465th in 2019), the 6,412th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,912th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Charles Holden ranks 511 out of 518Before him are Luigi Negri, Charles Bulfinch, Charles Correa, Marco Casagrande, John Douglas, and Richard Norman Shaw. After him are Billy Casper, Lesley Lokko, Princess Rajwa Al Hussein, Elizabeth Diller, Sunay Erdem, and David Adjaye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Charles Holden ranks 198Before him are Karl Malmström, Walter Middelberg, Rebeca Matte Bello, Mary McLeod Bethune, Charles Ericksen, and J. Farrell MacDonald. After him are Alice Dunbar Nelson, and Frank Craven. Among people deceased in 1960, Charles Holden ranks 239Before him are George Bonhag, John P. Marquand, Joseph Lamb, Olle Larsson, Kathlyn Williams, and Johnny Horton. After him are Dora Marsden, and Gladys Bentley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Holden ranks 6,412 out of 8,785Before him are David Sadler (1946), Steve Cram (1960), June Foulds (1934), Gerry Armstrong (1954), Jeremy Irvine (1990), and Dave Rowntree (1964). After him are John Newman (1990), Lou Macari (1949), Alison Goldfrapp (1966), Phil Jagielka (1982), Josh Herdman (1987), and Ellen Wilkinson (1891).

Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Charles Holden ranks 49Before him are Joseph Pickford (1736), Benjamin Mountfort (1825), Calvert Vaux (1824), Herbert Baker (1862), John Douglas (1830), and Richard Norman Shaw (1831). After him are Lesley Lokko (1964).