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Jacques Ignace Hittorff

1792 - 1867

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Jacques Ignace Hittorff or, in German, Jakob Ignaz Hittorff (German: [ˈjaːkop ˈɪɡnaːts ˈhɪtɔʁf], French: [ʒak iɲas itɔʁf]) (Cologne, 20 August 1792 – 25 March 1867) was a German-born French architect who combined advanced structural use of new materials, notably cast iron, with conservative Beaux-Arts classicism in a career that spanned the decades from the Restoration to the Second Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Ignace Hittorff has received more than 44,778 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Ignace Hittorff is the 291st most popular architect, the 3,204th most popular biography from Germany and the 32nd most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jacques Ignace Hittorff ranks 291 out of 518. Before him are Ineni, Werner March, Aristotele Fioravanti, Boris Iofan, Charles Barry, and Galeazzo Alessi. After him are Friedrich Gilly, Camillo Boito, Bruno Zevi, Charles Percier, John Vanbrugh, and Ernst May.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Jacques Ignace Hittorff ranks 36. Before him are Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Frederick Marryat, Ferdinand Christian Baur, Gustav Schwab, Roderick Murchison, and Moritz Hauptmann. After him are Lev Perovski, Jeanne Jugan, George M. Dallas, Nodira, José Joaquín de Herrera, and George Cruikshank. Among people deceased in 1867, Jacques Ignace Hittorff ranks 36. Before him are Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, Armand Trousseau, Mohammad Afzal Khan, Jean Pierre Flourens, Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, and Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied. After him are Simon Sechter, Ramón Castilla, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac, Ignatius Brianchaninov, Georgi Sava Rakovski, and Benoît Fourneyron.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jacques Ignace Hittorff ranks 3,204 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Kohlrausch (1840), Henny Porten (1890), Martin Winterkorn (1947), Hans-Jörg Butt (1974), Karl Mollweide (1774), and Boris Pistorius (1960). After him are Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1699), Eugen Langen (1833), Walter Heitler (1904), John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1665), August Karl von Goeben (1816), and Adolf Lüderitz (1834).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Jacques Ignace Hittorff ranks 32. Before him are Hermann Muthesius (1861), Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615), Hermann Tilke (1954), Friedrich August Stüler (1800), Ernst Ziller (1837), and Werner March (1894). After him are Ernst May (1886), Paul Wallot (1841), Albert Kahn (1869), Dominikus Zimmermann (1685), Helmut Jahn (1940), and Carl Humann (1839).

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