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George Gilbert Scott

1811 - 1878

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Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), largely known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started his career as a leading designer of workhouses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Gilbert Scott has received more than 529,818 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. George Gilbert Scott is the 486th most popular architect (down from 447th in 2019), the 4,997th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,619th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Architect.

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  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, George Gilbert Scott ranks 486 out of 518. Before him are Léon Krier, Ernő Goldfinger, Bjarke Ingels, Johan Sigfrid Sirén, Aston Webb, and Wojciech Zabłocki. After him are Robert A. M. Stern, Richard Morris Hunt, William Adam, Alfred Mosher Butts, Joseph Pickford, and John Russell Pope.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, George Gilbert Scott ranks 77. Before him are Charles Sumner, Hugh Edwin Strickland, William Bell Scott, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, George Caleb Bingham, and Thomas C. Jerdon. After him are Alfred Domett, John Kilian, John Bright, Edward Dickinson Baker, and Wendell Phillips. Among people deceased in 1878, George Gilbert Scott ranks 70. Before him are Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Francisco Linares Alcántara, José Amador de los Ríos, George Henry Lewes, William Stokes, and José María Medina. After him are Gideon Welles, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, Benjamin Bonneville, Charles Magill Conrad, and Bayard Taylor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Gilbert Scott ranks 4,997 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Peters (1939), Margaret Drabble (1939), Claude Buckenham (1876), Dorothy Shirley (1939), Coventry Patmore (1823), and Owen Barfield (1898). After him are Sophie Monk (1979), Ingrid Newkirk (1949), Vivien Merchant (1929), David Rose (1910), Eddie Jobson (1955), and Ben Daniels (1964).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, George Gilbert Scott ranks 41. Before him are James Wyatt (1746), William Burges (1827), Robert Smirke (1780), Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), James Gibbs (1682), and Aston Webb (1849). After him are William Adam (1689), Joseph Pickford (1736), Benjamin Mountfort (1825), Calvert Vaux (1824), Herbert Baker (1862), and John Douglas (1830).

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