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Frederic Leighton

1830 - 1896

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Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, (3 December 1830 – 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British Victorian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter in an academic style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederic Leighton has received more than 618,936 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Frederic Leighton is the 574th most popular painter (down from 391st in 2019), the 1,113th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 881st in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Painter.

Frederic Leighton was a Victorian painter, sculptor, and illustrator. He is most famous for his paintings of classical scenes and portraits.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frederic Leighton ranks 574 out of 2,023. Before him are Jules Pascin, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Pierre Alechinsky, Joachim von Sandrart, Bernardo Strozzi, and Émile Friant. After him are Jules Bastien-Lepage, Joseph Wright of Derby, Nadežda Petrović, Maria Reiter, Heinrich Füger, and Andrea Pozzo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Frederic Leighton ranks 22. Before him are Étienne-Jules Marey, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Élisée Reclus, Jules de Goncourt, Albert Bierstadt, and Samori Ture. After him are Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Adèle Hugo, Karl Goldmark, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, and Yoshida Shōin. Among people deceased in 1896, Frederic Leighton ranks 25. Before him are Ambroise Thomas, John Langdon Down, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, Ichiyō Higuchi, Prince Henry of Battenberg, and Emil du Bois-Reymond. After him are Maurice de Hirsch, Ante Starčević, Heinrich von Treitschke, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Ernst Engel, and Luigi Federico Menabrea.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederic Leighton ranks 1,113 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), Winifred Wagner (1897), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), James Meade (1907), and Colin Dexter (1930). After him are Sydney Chaplin (1885), Colin McRae (1968), Hugh Griffith (1912), Henry Royce (1863), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), and Charles Spearman (1863).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Frederic Leighton ranks 15. Before him are Leonora Carrington (1917), Thomas Cole (1801), Thomas Lawrence (1769), Richard Hamilton (1922), Edmund Leighton (1852), and John Tenniel (1820). After him are Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), John William Godward (1861), Evelyn De Morgan (1855), George Romney (1734), Arthur Rackham (1867), and John Martin (1789).

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