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James Gibbs

1682 - 1754

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James Gibbs (23 December 1682 – 5 August 1754) was a Scottish architect. Born in Aberdeen, he trained as an architect in Rome, and practised mainly in England. He is an important figure whose work spanned the transition between English Baroque architecture and Georgian architecture heavily influenced by Andrea Palladio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Gibbs has received more than 186,845 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). James Gibbs is the 479th most popular architect (down from 431st in 2019), the 4,774th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,094th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, James Gibbs ranks 479 out of 518. Before him are Otto Bartning, Henry Hobson Richardson, James Wyatt, William Burges, Robert Smirke, and Giles Gilbert Scott. After him are Léon Krier, Ernő Goldfinger, Bjarke Ingels, Johan Sigfrid Sirén, Aston Webb, and Wojciech Zabłocki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1682, James Gibbs ranks 22. Before him are John Hadley, Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, Johann Jacob Bach, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, Shahu I, and Jean-Joseph Mouret.  Among people deceased in 1754, James Gibbs ranks 17. Before him are Nicolai Eigtved, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Wu Jingzi, Friedrich von Hagedorn, and Philippe Néricault Destouches. After him is Safdar Jang.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Gibbs ranks 4,774 out of 8,785. Before him are Dorothy Manley (1927), Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811), Glyn Johns (1942), Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), Lionel Tertis (1876), and Robert H. McNaught (1956). After him are Nigel Lawson (1932), Susan Cooper (1935), Patricia Quinn (1944), Thomas Button (1575), Henry Tate (1819), and Ed O'Brien (1968).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, James Gibbs ranks 39. Before him are Kenneth Frampton (1930), Richard Knill Freeman (1840), James Wyatt (1746), William Burges (1827), Robert Smirke (1780), and Giles Gilbert Scott (1880). After him are Aston Webb (1849), George Gilbert Scott (1811), William Adam (1689), Joseph Pickford (1736), Benjamin Mountfort (1825), and Calvert Vaux (1824).

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