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Eric Gill

1882 - 1940

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Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes Gill as "the greatest artist-craftsman of the twentieth century: a letter-cutter and type designer of genius", he is also a figure of considerable controversy following the revelations of his sexual abuse of two of his daughters and of his pet dog. Gill was born in Brighton and grew up in Chichester, where he attended the local college before moving to London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Gill has received more than 1,732,647 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Eric Gill is the 86th most popular artist (down from 65th in 2019), the 3,839th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,775th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Artist.

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  • 22

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  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Eric Gill ranks 86 out of 125. Before him are Dan Graham, Carolee Schneemann, Vlado Goreski, Martha Rosler, Maud Wagner, and Sergei Sviatchenko. After him are Cassandra Austen, John Howe, Mary Delany, Leonid Shvartsman, Edward Kienholz, and Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Eric Gill ranks 226. Before him are Péter Tóth, Ion Agârbiceanu, Wyndham Lewis, Mykolas Biržiška, Vladimir Dimitrov, and Oswald Holmberg. After him are Karel Domin, Jimmy Hogan, Johannes Gabriel Granö, Georg Jacoby, Margaret Dumont, and Harry Liedtke. Among people deceased in 1940, Eric Gill ranks 159. Before him are K. B. Hedgewar, Mato Kósyk, Hanna Pauli, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, István Énekes, and Józef Pankiewicz. After him are Sam Eyde, Gabriele Possanner, Gustav Goßler, Kalliroi Parren, Harry Stafford, and Leopold Skulski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Gill ranks 3,839 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony D. Smith (1939), Ivor Novello (1893), Lucy Walter (1630), Phil Mogg (1948), Peter Blake (1932), and Frederick Keeping (1867). After him are Ivor Bueb (1923), Lance Macklin (1919), Beth Gibbons (1965), Elizabeth Goudge (1900), Eric A. Havelock (1903), and Mortimer Wheeler (1890).

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Among ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among artists born in United Kingdom, Eric Gill ranks 7. Before him are David Hockney (1937), Banksy (1970), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), William Etty (1787), John Butler Yeats (1839), and Damien Hirst (1965). After him are Cassandra Austen (1773), Mary Delany (1700), Rachel Whiteread (1963), and Grayson Perry (1960).

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