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John Baskerville

1706 - 1775

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John Baskerville (baptised 28 January 1707 – 8 January 1775) was an English businessman, in areas including japanning and papier-mâché, but he is best remembered as a printer and type designer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Baskerville has received more than 222,705 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). John Baskerville is the 52nd most popular designer (down from 45th in 2019), the 2,146th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,656th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, John Baskerville ranks 52 out of 86. Before him are Diana Vreeland, Luigi Colani, Georg Jensen, Eiko Ishioka, Laura Biagiotti, and Otl Aicher. After him are Milton Glaser, Enzo Mari, Paul Smith, Paul Rand, Kaj Franck, and Domenico Dolce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1706, John Baskerville ranks 8. Before him are Émilie du Châtelet, Baldassare Galuppi, Giovanni Battista Martini, Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, and John Dollond. After him are Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, and John Belchier. Among people deceased in 1775, John Baskerville ranks 10. Before him are Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Paul of the Cross, Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. After him are Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Richard Montgomery, Egidio Duni, Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, Shuja-ud-Daula, and Peyton Randolph.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Baskerville ranks 2,146 out of 7,765. Before him are Harold Abrahams (1899), Herbert Chapman (1878), Guy Burgess (1911), Robert Brown (1921), Alan Price (1942), and Paul Greengrass (1955). After him are Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863), Allan Holdsworth (1946), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), Pieter de Molijn (1595), and Liam Gallagher (1972).

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Among DESIGNERS In United Kingdom

Among designers born in United Kingdom, John Baskerville ranks 8. Before him are Thomas Andrews (1873), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868), Thomas Chippendale (1718), Alexander McQueen (1969), Beau Brummell (1778), and Josiah Wedgwood (1730). After him are Paul Smith (1946), Storm Thorgerson (1944), Laura Ashley (1925), Jony Ive (1967), Sandy Powell (1960), and Bill Moggridge (1943).

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