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James Gibbs

1682 - 1754

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James Gibbs (23 December 1682 – 5 August 1754) was one of Britain's most influential architects. 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 173,802 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). James Gibbs is the 432nd most popular architect (down from 407th in 2019), the 4,102nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,288th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, James Gibbs ranks 432 out of 424Before him are Patricia Urquiola, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Harry Vardon, Enric Miralles, and Gunnar Birkerts. After him are B. V. Doshi, Mikhail Zemtsov, Otto Bartning, Ivan Fomin, Ryue Nishizawa, and Richard Knill Freeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1682, James Gibbs ranks 22Before him are Johann Jacob Bach, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Jean-Joseph Mouret, and Shahu I.  Among people deceased in 1754, James Gibbs ranks 16Before him are Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Edward Cave, Nicolai Eigtved, Wu Jingzi, Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, 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 4,102 out of 7,765Before him are Jonny Buckland (1977), Gavin Harrison (1963), Charles Allston Collins (1828), William Warham (1450), Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), and Noddy Holder (1946). After him are Robert Jameson (1774), Tony Christie (1943), Oliver Leese (1894), May Sutton (1886), Susie Wolff (1982), and Thomas Weelkes (1576).

Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, James Gibbs ranks 33Before him are Peter Cook (1936), Kenneth Frampton (1930), Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661), and Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764). After him are Richard Knill Freeman (1840), Joseph Pickford (1736), Benjamin Mountfort (1825), James Wyatt (1746), William Burges (1827), and Calvert Vaux (1824).