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Ernest Townsend

1880 - 1944

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Ernest Townsend (1 January 1880 – 22 January 1944) was a British portraitist from Derby. Townsend studied at Derby College of Art, Heatherleys in Chelsea and the Royal Academy. Among his works were a 1915 portrait of the Right Hon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Townsend has received more than 35,080 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Townsend is the 1,989th most popular painter (down from 1,694th in 2019), the 5,744th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,347th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular British Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ernest Townsend ranks 1,989 out of 2,023. Before him are Chéri Samba, Stephen Wiltshire, Tom Roberts, Jacob Lawrence, Ghada Amer, and George Peter Alexander Healy. After him are Hablot Knight Browne, Ali Divandari, William Hart, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Israel Tsvaygenbaum, and El Kazovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Ernest Townsend ranks 225. Before him are Joseph Stadler, Alexander Hall, Thomas Griffith Taylor, Einar Arnórsson, Elizabeth Kenny, and Damon Runyon. After him are Charles King, Wally Kinnear, Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, Nora Bayes, Leo Carrillo, and George Poage. Among people deceased in 1944, Ernest Townsend ranks 309. Before him are Eugen Burg, Walter Middelberg, Franz Berghammer, Siegfried Powolny, David Prain, and Alfred Schmalzer. After him are Robert Frazer, Mike Bookie, Robert Curry, Laird Cregar, Bud Jamison, and Jessie Ralph.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ernest Townsend ranks 5,744 out of 8,785. Before him are Susie Wolff (1982), Dominic Raab (1974), Sydney Camm (1893), Lashana Lynch (1987), Julian Lloyd Webber (1951), and Eddie Hopkinson (1935). After him are Angus Wilson (1913), Christopher Fairbank (1953), David Mackenzie (1966), Jodie Comer (1993), Lawrence Hargrave (1850), and Alec B. Francis (1867).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Ernest Townsend ranks 132. Before him are John Crome (1768), John Sell Cotman (1782), Louise Rayner (1832), Thomas Hill (1829), Stephen Wiltshire (1974), and Tom Roberts (1856). After him are Hablot Knight Browne (1815), William Hart (1823), Marc Quinn (1964), Leslie Ward (1851), Jenny Saville (1970), and Alfred E. Goodey (1878).

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