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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 225,384 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Charles Holden is the 466th most popular architect (down from 421st in 2019), the 5,925th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,109th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Architect.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Charles Holden ranks 466 out of 424. Before him are Herbert Baker, William Adam, John Douglas, Charles Correa, Marco Casagrande, and Luigi Negri. After him are Billy Casper, Sunay Erdem, and David Adjaye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Charles Holden ranks 172. Before him are Miriam A. Ferguson, Maurice Hemelsoet, Émile Delchambre, Mary McLeod Bethune, Samuel S. Hinds, and Charles Perrin. After him is Juho Sunila. Among people deceased in 1960, Charles Holden ranks 218. Before him are J. H. C. Whitehead, Rudolf Degermark, Phyllis Haver, Hope Emerson, John P. Marquand, and Johnny Horton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Holden ranks 5,925 out of 7,765. Before him are Stevie Chalmers (1935), Drew McIntyre (1985), Nigel Godrich (1971), Lesley Sharp (1960), Laurence Fox (1978), and David Slade (1969). After him are Pete Shelley (1955), Barry Adamson (1958), Linsey Dawn McKenzie (1978), Sandy Jardine (1948), Paul Nihill (1939), and Wade Barrett (1980).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Charles Holden ranks 47. Before him are George Gilbert Scott (1811), Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), Nora Stanton Barney (1883), Herbert Baker (1862), William Adam (1689), and John Douglas (1830).

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