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George Romney

1734 - 1802

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George Romney (26 December [O.S. 15 December] 1734 – 15 November 1802) was an English portrait painter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Romney has received more than 53,909 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). George Romney is the 740th most popular painter (up from 1,109th in 2019), the 1,452nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,228th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, George Romney ranks 740 out of 2,023. Before him are Paolo Veneziano, Viktor Hartmann, Mihály Zichy, Jan van der Heyden, Julio González, and Jean-Baptiste van Loo. After him are Gillis van Coninxloo, Adam Frans van der Meulen, Spinello Aretino, Eugène Fromentin, Luis de Morales, and Josefa de Óbidos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, George Romney ranks 14. Before him are Wolfgang von Kempelen, Grigory Orlov, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Shahrokh Shah. After him are Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti, Ueda Akinari, and Daniel Boone. Among people deceased in 1802, George Romney ranks 15. Before him are Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prince Henry of Prussia, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Jens Juel, Jurij Vega, and Giuseppe Sarti. After him are Franz Aepinus, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, August Batsch, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, and Joseph Duplessis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Romney ranks 1,452 out of 8,785. Before him are Maurice Wilkes (1913), Brian Aldiss (1925), Kate Sheppard (1848), Colin Wilson (1931), Joseph Addison (1672), and Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965). After him are Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Sandie Shaw (1947), Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473), Martin Freeman (1971), Joss Ackland (1928), and Thomas Hodgkin (1798).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, George Romney ranks 19. Before him are Edmund Leighton (1852), John Tenniel (1820), Frederic Leighton (1830), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), John William Godward (1861), and Evelyn De Morgan (1855). After him are Arthur Rackham (1867), John Martin (1789), George Stubbs (1724), Sidney Paget (1860), Helen Allingham (1848), and John Collier (1850).

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