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Guðjón Samúelsson

1887 - 1950

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Guðjón Samúelsson (16 April 1887 – 25 April 1950) was a State Architect of Iceland, and the first Icelander to be educated in architecture. He's been described as one of Iceland's most influential architects. His notable designs include the main building of the University of Iceland, the National Theatre of Iceland, the Landakot Roman Catholic Cathedral in Reykjavík, and the Church of Akureyri. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guðjón Samúelsson has received more than 79,895 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Guðjón Samúelsson is the 430th most popular architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Guðjón Samúelsson ranks 430 out of 518. Before him are Peter Cook, Ventura Rodríguez, Daniel Marot, Jan Kaplický, Jan Kotěra, and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington. After him are Matvey Kazakov, Ragnar Östberg, Johann Friedrich Höger, Károly Kós, Josef Gočár, and Sven Markelius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Guðjón Samúelsson ranks 222. Before him are Sid Kimpton, Karl Johan Svensson, Albert Paris Gütersloh, David Keilin, René Maran, and Martín Luis Guzmán. After him are Jacob L. Devers, Rudolph Schindler, Victor d'Arcy, Carl Ebert, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, and Monte Blue. Among people deceased in 1950, Guðjón Samúelsson ranks 150. Before him are Gopinath Bordoloi, Sara Allgood, Ransom E. Olds, Yan Huiqing, Bainbridge Colby, and Dezső Földes. After him are Hanns Kräly, Rex Ingram, Pierre Prüm, Frederick Keeping, Antonina Nezhdanova, and Miguel Mariano Gómez.

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