1880 - 1944
Ernest Townsend (1 January 1880 – 22 January 1944) was a portrait artist from Derby in England.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. Winston Churchill when he was First Lord of the Admiralty. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Townsend has received more than 20,766 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Townsend is the 1,396th most popular painter (down from 1,223rd in 2019), the 4,288th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,504th in 2019) and the 91st most popular British Painter.
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Among painters, Ernest Townsend ranks 1,396 out of 1,428. Before him are John Sloan, Howard Hodgkin, Benjamin Wilson, Sarla Thakral, Kari Byron, and Erik Pevernagie. After him are Liu Xia, Stephen Wiltshire, Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Peake the Elder, Vajiha Samadova, and Guity Novin.
1871 - 1951
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 1,390
1932 - 2017
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 1,391
1721 - 1788
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 1,392
1914 - 2008
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 1,393
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,394
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 1,395
1880 - 1944
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 1,396
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 1,397
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 1,398
1920 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 1,399
1551 - 1619
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 1,400
1924 - 1965
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 1,401
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 1,402
Among people born in 1880, Ernest Townsend ranks 166. Before him are Christy Mathewson, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Pandurang Vaman Kane, Einar Arnórsson, Eric Carlberg, and Luis Alberto Riart. After him are Giles Gilbert Scott, Damon Runyon, Earle Page, Nora Bayes, and Thomas Griffith Taylor. Among people deceased in 1944, Ernest Townsend ranks 231. Before him are Toni Merkens, Mary Adela Blagg, C. V. Boys, Merna Kennedy, John Dill, and George B. Seitz. After him are Bud Jamison, Jessie Ralph, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, and George W. Norris.
1880 - 1925
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 160
1880 - 1957
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 161
1880 - 1972
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 162
1880 - 1955
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 163
1880 - 1963
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 164
1880 - 1953
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 165
1880 - 1944
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 166
1880 - 1960
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 167
1880 - 1946
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 168
1880 - 1961
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 169
1880 - 1928
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 170
1880 - 1963
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 171
1912 - 1944
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 225
1858 - 1944
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 226
1855 - 1944
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 227
1908 - 1944
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 228
1881 - 1944
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 229
1888 - 1944
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 230
1880 - 1944
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 231
1894 - 1944
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 232
1864 - 1944
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 233
1886 - 1944
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 234
1861 - 1944
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 235
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ernest Townsend ranks 4,288 out of 6,924. Before him are James Herbert (1943), Gary Cahill (1985), Michael Winterbottom (1961), Will Champion (1978), Bart McGhee (1899), and Joseph Thomson (1858). After him are Philippa York (1958), Charles Hutton (1737), Laura Haddock (1985), Samuel Arnold (1740), William Dunbar (1460), and Michelle Ryan (1984).
1943 - 2013
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4,282
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4,283
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4,284
1978 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 4,285
1899 - 1979
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 4,286
1858 - 1895
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 4,287
1880 - 1944
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 4,288
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 4,289
1737 - 1823
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 4,290
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 4,291
1740 - 1802
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 4,292
1460 - 1520
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 4,293
1984 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 4,294
Among painters born in United Kingdom, Ernest Townsend ranks 91. Before him are Samuel Palmer (1805), William Duesbury (1725), Jack Butler Yeats (1871), Augustus John (1878), Howard Hodgkin (1932), and Benjamin Wilson (1721). After him are Stephen Wiltshire (1974), Robert Peake the Elder (1551), Tracey Emin (1963), Stanley Spencer (1891), Louise Rayner (1832), and Tom Roberts (1856).
1805 - 1881
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 85
1725 - 1786
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 86
1871 - 1957
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 87
1878 - 1961
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 88
1932 - 2017
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 89
1721 - 1788
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 90
1880 - 1944
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 91
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 92
1551 - 1619
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 93
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 94
1891 - 1959
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 95
1832 - 1924
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 96
1856 - 1931
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 97