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Claude Nicolas Ledoux

1736 - 1806

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Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (21 March 1736 – 18 November 1806) was one of the earliest exponents of French Neoclassical architecture. He used his knowledge of architectural theory to design not only domestic architecture but also town planning; as a consequence of his visionary plan for the Ideal City of Chaux, he became known as a utopian. His greatest works were funded by the French monarchy and came to be perceived as symbols of the Ancien Régime rather than Utopia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Nicolas Ledoux has received more than 269,218 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Claude Nicolas Ledoux is the 97th most popular architect (down from 91st in 2019), the 1,091st most popular biography from France (down from 1,052nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Architect.

Claude Nicolas Ledoux is most famous for his design of the Chateau de Chantilly, a chateau in the Picardy region of France.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Claude Nicolas Ledoux ranks 97 out of 518. Before him are Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Mnesikles, Minoru Yamasaki, Arata Isozaki, and Joseph Maria Olbrich. After him are Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, César Pelli, and Filarete.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1736, Claude Nicolas Ledoux ranks 7. Before him are James Watt, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Rama I, Jean Sylvain Bailly, and James Macpherson. After him are Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, and Edward Waring. Among people deceased in 1806, Claude Nicolas Ledoux ranks 15. Before him are Carlo Gozzi, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Johann Christoph Adelung, and Pierre-Charles Villeneuve. After him are Nicolas Leblanc, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Michel Adanson, and Mungo Park.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Nicolas Ledoux ranks 1,091 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952), Adelaide of Aquitaine (950), Marion Cotillard (1975), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), and George Steiner (1929). After him are Jean de Dunois (1402), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Claude Joseph Vernet (1714), Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Charles Trenet (1913), and Odo the Great (650).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Claude Nicolas Ledoux ranks 14. Before him are Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), Pierre Lescot (1515), Hector Guimard (1867), Claude Perrault (1613), and Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700). After him are Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728), Lúcio Costa (1902), Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713), Charlotte Perriand (1903), and Philibert de l'Orme (1514).

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