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Charles Willson Peale

1741 - 1827

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Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter, military officer, scientist, and naturalist. In 1775, inspired by the American Revolution, Peale moved from his native Maryland to Philadelphia, where he set up a painting studio and joined the Sons of Liberty. During the American Revolutionary War, Peale served in the Pennsylvania Militia and the Continental Army, participating in several military campaigns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Willson Peale has received more than 489,452 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Willson Peale is the 1,846th most popular painter (down from 1,564th in 2019), the 7,877th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,790th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Charles Willson Peale ranks 1,846 out of 2,023. Before him are Oldřich Lajsek, Kiki Smith, Viktor Madarász, Olaf Gulbransson, Georgina de Albuquerque, and Pedro Figari. After him are Dmitri Vrubel, Jim Dine, Elena Guro, Andrei Ryabushkin, Gottfried Honegger, and Claude Renoir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Charles Willson Peale ranks 27. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Ivan Gudovich, José Cadalso, Franciszek Karpiński, William Withering, and Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain. After him are Carl Hindenburg, Sarah Trimmer, John Langdon, Samuel Chase, Thomas Fitzsimons, and George Walton. Among people deceased in 1827, Charles Willson Peale ranks 35. Before him are Countess Friederike von Schlieben, Henry Salt, János Bihari, François Fournier-Sarlovèze, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, and Hugh Clapperton. After him are Rufus King, and Israel Pickens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Willson Peale ranks 7,877 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeanna Fine (1964), Marcia Neugebauer (1932), Arthur Hohl (1889), Edward Kienholz (1927), Robert Cray (1953), and Bill Smith (1924). After him are Megan Mullally (1958), Steve Schirripa (1958), Will Geer (1902), Richard Henry Lee (1732), George Perkins Marsh (1801), and Jim Dine (1935).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Charles Willson Peale ranks 106. Before him are John Marin (1870), Charles Dana Gibson (1867), Alice Neel (1900), Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849), Marsden Hartley (1877), and Thomas Hart Benton (1889). After him are Jim Dine (1935), Edward Hicks (1780), Edward Ruscha (1937), Edward Henry Potthast (1857), Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851), and Charles R. Knight (1874).

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