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John Butler Yeats

1839 - 1922

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John Butler Yeats (16 March 1839 – 3 February 1922) was an Irish artist and the father of W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lollie" Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. The National Gallery of Ireland holds a number of his portraits in oil and works on paper, including one of his portraits of his son William, painted in 1900. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Butler Yeats has received more than 198,021 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Butler Yeats is the 59th most popular artist (up from 85th in 2019), the 1,999th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,075th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Artist.

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  • 53.83

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, John Butler Yeats ranks 59 out of 125. Before him are Gottfried Helnwein, Judy Chicago, James Montgomery Flagg, Sennedjem, Vito Acconci, and Hu Zhengyan. After him are Günter Brus, Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, Onfim, Gilbert & George, and Gilbert Baker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, John Butler Yeats ranks 40. Before him are Imre Steindl, Hans Thoma, Joseph Oller, Ouida, Pavlo Chubynsky, and George Mary Searle. After him are Abdyl Frashëri, Luigi Pelloux, Walter Pater, Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Francis Garnier, and Pōmare V. Among people deceased in 1922, John Butler Yeats ranks 68. Before him are Arthur Griffith, Géza Gárdonyi, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Jules Guesde, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, and Slavoljub Eduard Penkala. After him are Dimitrios Gounaris, Max Abraham, Luigi Denza, Christiaan de Wet, Felip Pedrell, and Ricardo Flores Magón.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Butler Yeats ranks 1,999 out of 8,785. Before him are Dennis W. Sciama (1926), Tom Hiddleston (1981), George Mary Searle (1839), John Kerr (1824), William Smith (1813), and Eric Woolfson (1945). After him are Michael Dummett (1925), Joe Davis (1901), Unity Mitford (1914), Chas Chandler (1938), Edward Cave (1691), and John Wood (1930).

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Among ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among artists born in United Kingdom, John Butler Yeats ranks 5. Before him are David Hockney (1937), Banksy (1970), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), and William Etty (1787). After him are Damien Hirst (1965), Eric Gill (1882), Cassandra Austen (1773), Mary Delany (1700), Rachel Whiteread (1963), and Grayson Perry (1960).

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