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Hassan Fathy

1900 - 1989

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Hassan Fathy (Egyptian Arabic: حسن فتحي; March 23, 1900 – November 30, 1989) was a noted Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to reestablish the use of adobe and traditional mud construction as opposed to western building designs, material configurations, and lay-outs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hassan Fathy has received more than 394,490 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Hassan Fathy is the 174th most popular architect (up from 196th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 304th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Egyptian Architect.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Hassan Fathy ranks 174 out of 518. Before him are Jacques-François Blondel, Carl Ritter von Ghega, Ernst Neufert, Günter Behnisch, William Le Baron Jenney, and Joseph Paxton. After him are Charles Eames, Jan Gehl, Aristobulus of Cassandreia, Gio Ponti, Eduardo Souto de Moura, and Eero Aarnio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Hassan Fathy ranks 85. Before him are Eduardo De Filippo, Joseph Needham, Herbert Bayer, Herberts Cukurs, Ernst Neufert, and Kiyoo Kanda. After him are Bluma Zeigarnik, Otto Braun, Ernst Busch, Jiro Miyake, Duy Tân, and Fulcanelli. Among people deceased in 1989, Hassan Fathy ranks 80. Before him are Princess Deokhye, Boris Skossyreff, Robert Mapplethorpe, Arseny Tarkovsky, Kateb Yacine, and Pérez Prado. After him are Hans Hartung, Cesare Zavattini, Hibari Misora, Albert Bormann, Vasile Milea, and James Bond.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Hassan Fathy ranks 292 out of 642. Before him are Ali az-Zahir (1005), Rifa'a al-Tahtawi (1801), Arnuwanda II (-1400), Al-Mansur Ali (1242), Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850), and Al-Mu'azzam Isa (1176). After him are Saad el-Shazly (1922), Alexander II Zabinas (-190), Hesychius of Alexandria (500), Neferneferure (-1400), Herodas (-300), and Berenice (-300).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Egypt

Among architects born in Egypt, Hassan Fathy ranks 7. Before him are Imhotep (-2800), Khufu (-2700), Senenmut (-1600), Amenhotep, son of Hapu (-1420), Hemiunu (-2500), and Nefermaat (-2500).

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