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Henry Moore

1898 - 1986

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Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Moore has received more than 1,673,143 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Henry Moore is the 17th most popular sculptor (up from 19th in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 384th in 2019) and the most popular British Sculptor.

Henry Moore is most famous for his sculptures of human figures.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Henry Moore ranks 17 out of 258. Before him are Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Constantin Brâncuși, Giambologna, and Scopas. After him are Nicola Pisano, Marie Tussaud, Jacopo Sansovino, Luca della Robbia, Alessandro Algardi, and Giovanni Pisano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Henry Moore ranks 26. Before him are Tamara de Lempicka, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Julius Evola, Hans Krebs, Rodion Malinovsky, and Rudolf Dassler. After him are Ahmad Shah Qajar, Karl Ziegler, René Clair, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Willy Messerschmitt, and Curzio Malaparte. Among people deceased in 1986, Henry Moore ranks 16. Before him are Joseph Beuys, Cliff Burton, Jean Genet, Harold Macmillan, Frank Herbert, and Urho Kekkonen. After him are Celâl Bayar, Jaroslav Seifert, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Georgia O'Keeffe, Cary Grant, and Albert Szent-Györgyi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Moore ranks 365 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Larkin (1922), Anthony Burgess (1917), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), Joseph Merrick (1862), Theresa May (1956), and Arthur Balfour (1848). After him are Francis William Aston (1877), Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), John Ruskin (1819), William Laud (1573), Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885), and Harthacnut (1018).

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Among SCULPTORS In United Kingdom

Among sculptors born in United Kingdom, Henry Moore ranks 1. After him are John Flaxman (1755), Richard Long (1945), Tony Cragg (1949), Antony Gormley (1950), Eduardo Paolozzi (1924), Anthony Caro (1924), Anne Seymour Damer (1748), Andy Goldsworthy (1956), Barry Flanagan (1941), W. J. Coffee (1774), and Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781).

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