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Charles R. Knight

1874 - 1953

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Charles Robert Knight (October 21, 1874 – April 15, 1953) was an American wildlife and paleoartist best known for his detailed paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and are currently on display at several major museums in the United States. One of his most famous works is a mural of Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops, which helped establish the two dinosaurs as "mortal enemies" in popular culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles R. Knight has received more than 268,827 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 19 in 2019). Charles R. Knight is the 1,868th most popular painter (down from 1,566th in 2019), the 8,264th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,842nd in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Charles R. Knight ranks 1,868 out of 2,023. Before him are Edward Henry Potthast, Hans Scherfig, Thomas Pollock Anshutz, William Dobson, Ferdinand Bauer, and Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva. After him are Carmen Herrera, Arthur Dove, Allen Jones, Vladimír Vašíček, Christen Dalsgaard, and Karl Schorn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Charles R. Knight ranks 215. Before him are Joseph Olivier, Charles A. Beard, Guido Balzarini, Henry Kolker, Cathal Brugha, and Aleksander Prystor. After him are Owen D. Young, Victor Sonnemans, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Ivan Moskvin, Harold Kitson, and Gheorghe Mironescu. Among people deceased in 1953, Charles R. Knight ranks 167. Before him are Chet Miller, Norman Ross, Dimitri Arakishvili, Oliver Campbell, André Auffray, and Ludomir Różycki. After him are Millard Mitchell, Georg Zacharias, Albert Coates, Maud Gonne, Florence Price, and Maurice Vignerot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles R. Knight ranks 8,264 out of 20,380. Before him are Austin St. John (1974), Jacqueline Mars (1939), Rex Linn (1956), Clark Clifford (1906), Bebe Rexha (1989), and Erykah Badu (1971). After him are ASAP Rocky (1988), Laverne Cox (1984), Rick Warren (1954), Amar Bose (1929), Teddy Pendergrass (1950), and Emma Smith (1804).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Charles R. Knight ranks 112. Before him are Charles Willson Peale (1741), Jim Dine (1935), Edward Hicks (1780), Edward Ruscha (1937), Edward Henry Potthast (1857), and Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851). After him are Arthur Dove (1880), Maxfield Parrish (1870), William Stanley Haseltine (1835), Frank Weston Benson (1862), R. B. Kitaj (1932), and Willard Metcalf (1858).

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