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Frederick Catherwood

1799 - 1854

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Frederick Catherwood (27 February 1799 – 27 September 1854) was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization. He explored Mesoamerica in the mid 19th century with writer John Lloyd Stephens. Their books, Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatán and Incidents of Travel in Yucatán, were best sellers and introduced to the Western world the civilization of the ancient Maya. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Catherwood has received more than 160,146 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Catherwood is the 408th most popular architect (down from 349th in 2019), the 3,396th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,821st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Architect.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Frederick Catherwood ranks 408 out of 518. Before him are Denise Scott Brown, Vasily Bazhenov, Victor Louis, Capability Brown, Dankmar Adler, and Martin Gropius. After him are Martin Wagner, Franco Albini, Nora Stanton Barney, Leon Benois, James of Saint George, and Fernand de Montigny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, Frederick Catherwood ranks 48. Before him are Heinrich von Kittlitz, Imre Frivaldszky, David Don, Fyodor Bruni, Heinrich von Gagern, and Amos Bronson Alcott. After him are William Rutter Dawes, James Prinsep, Edward Belcher, Henry Monnier, Eliza Acton, and George Finlay. Among people deceased in 1854, Frederick Catherwood ranks 56. Before him are Carl Joseph Begas, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Friedrich Eduard Beneke, Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, and Pedro María de Anaya. After him are Philip Barker-Webb, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Émile Souvestre, Nathaniel Wallich, Robert Jameson, and Juan Mora Fernández.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Catherwood ranks 3,396 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Noel Paton (1821), John Mawe (1764), Peter Grant (1935), John Houlding (1833), Clint Mansell (1963), and Agnes Arber (1879). After him are Janet Baker (1933), Roy Ward Baker (1916), Carlo Acutis (1991), Gwen John (1876), James Thomson (1700), and Edward William Lane (1801).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Frederick Catherwood ranks 23. Before him are John Vanbrugh (1664), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Thomas Telford (1757), Charles Cameron (1746), John Soane (1753), and Capability Brown (1716). After him are Nora Stanton Barney (1883), Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), Peter Cook (1936), Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694), Edward Blore (1787), and Nicholas Grimshaw (1939).

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