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Duncan Grant

1885 - 1978

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Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 – 8 May 1978) was a Scottish painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets, and costumes. He was a member of the Bloomsbury Group. His father was Bartle Grant, a "poverty-stricken" major in the army, and much of his early childhood was spent in India and Burma. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duncan Grant has received more than 765,878 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Duncan Grant is the 1,619th most popular painter, the 3,108th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 65th most popular British Painter.

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  • 49.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Duncan Grant ranks 1,619 out of 2,023. Before him are Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, Johann Köler, Mikhail Matyushin, Adolph Tidemand, Inji Aflatoun, and Dora Carrington. After him are Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Durdy Bayramov, Ștefan Luchian, Lorenz Frølich, Isaac Oliver, and Thomas Bewick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Duncan Grant ranks 175. Before him are Frederic Lewy, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Anna Hübler, Edna Ferber, Alexandre Volkoff, and Pierre Dupong. After him are Juhan Kukk, Alicia Moreau de Justo, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Alexander Tairov, and Walter Anderson. Among people deceased in 1978, Duncan Grant ranks 159. Before him are Alfred Müller-Armack, Eric Frank Russell, Leigh Brackett, Léon Damas, Mary Blair, and Theodor Tolsdorff. After him are Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Jorge Cafrune, Abdylas Maldybaev, Ethelda Bleibtrey, and Baltasar Albéniz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Duncan Grant ranks 3,108 out of 8,785. Before him are Dave Holland (1948), Andrew Marvell (1621), James Arthur (1988), Tom Phillips (1888), David Don (1799), and Dora Carrington (1893). After him are Anna Massey (1937), William Thoms (1803), Charles Townshend (1725), Florence Green (1901), Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899), and Alec McCowen (1925).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Duncan Grant ranks 65. Before him are Mary Beale (1633), Richard Dadd (1817), Henry Raeburn (1756), Allan Ramsay (1713), Thomas Moran (1837), and Dora Carrington (1893). After him are Thomas Bewick (1753), Laura Muntz Lyall (1860), Clive Bell (1881), John Hoppner (1758), David Allan (1744), and Henry Scott Tuke (1858).

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