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Ebenezer Howard

1850 - 1928

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Sir Ebenezer Howard (29 January 1850 – 1 May 1928) was an English urban planner and founder of the garden city movement, known for his publication To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898), the description of a utopian city in which people live harmoniously together with nature. The publication resulted in the founding of the garden city movement, and the building of the first garden city, Letchworth Garden City, commenced in 1903. The second true Garden City was Welwyn Garden City (1920) and the movement influenced the development of several model suburbs in other countries, such as Forest Hills Gardens designed by F. L. Olmsted Jr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ebenezer Howard has received more than 564,949 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Ebenezer Howard is the 155th most popular architect (up from 214th in 2019), the 1,240th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,661st in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Architect.

Ebenezer Howard is most famous for being the founder of the garden city movement.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ebenezer Howard ranks 155 out of 518. Before him are Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Ludwig Borchardt, Juan de Herrera, Nefermaat, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, and Hendrik Petrus Berlage. After him are Jean Chalgrin, Jacob van Campen, Robert Adam, Ur-Nanshe, Paul Abadie, and Fumihiko Maki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Ebenezer Howard ranks 33. Before him are William Morris Davis, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, Ivan Vazov, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Pat Garrett, and Jack Daniel. After him are Pavel Axelrod, Giuseppe Mercalli, Zdeněk Fibich, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Hans Hartwig von Beseler, and Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1928, Ebenezer Howard ranks 37. Before him are Alexander Bogdanov, Lala Lajpat Rai, Jan Toorop, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Narayana Guru, and Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud. After him are Hideyo Noguchi, Pavel Axelrod, Alvin Kraenzlein, Edward Walter Maunder, Hannah Chaplin, and Léon Duguit.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ebenezer Howard ranks 1,240 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Banks (1743), Robert Faurisson (1929), John Entwistle (1944), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), and William McDougall (1871). After him are Anthony Daniels (1946), Gildas (500), Jack Bruce (1943), Glenn Tipton (1947), Frank Lampard (1978), and Alan Shearer (1970).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Ebenezer Howard ranks 5. Before him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Christopher Wren (1632), James Stirling (1926), and Inigo Jones (1573). After him are Robert Adam (1728), David Chipperfield (1953), Michael Ventris (1922), Joseph Paxton (1803), John Nash (1752), Archibald Leitch (1865), and William Kent (1685).

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