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John Flaxman

1755 - 1826

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John Flaxman (6 July 1755 – 7 December 1826) was a British sculptor and draughtsman, and a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Early in his career, he worked as a modeller for Josiah Wedgwood's pottery. He spent several years in Rome, where he produced his first book illustrations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Flaxman has received more than 175,145 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. John Flaxman is the 111th most popular sculptor (up from 113th in 2019), the 1,757th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,885th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Sculptor.

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  • 54.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, John Flaxman ranks 111 out of 258. Before him are Yevgeny Vuchetich, Dani Karavan, Antoine-Louis Barye, Agoracritus, Vulca, and Hendrick de Keyser. After him are Germain Pilon, Robert Morris, Konstantin Somov, Medardo Rosso, Bartolomeo Bon, and Augustin Pajou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, John Flaxman ranks 24. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Bertrand Barère, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, Quatremère de Quincy, and Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain. After him are John Marshall, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Gaspard de Prony, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, and Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring. Among people deceased in 1826, John Flaxman ranks 29. Before him are Johann Baptist von Spix, François-Joseph Talma, Nikolay Rumyantsev, Conrad Malte-Brun, Jean Lafitte, and Shaykh Ahmad. After him are Fyodor Rostopchin, Clarke Abel, Johann Peter Hebel, Georg Franz Hoffmann, Claire Lacombe, and Pavel Pestel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Flaxman ranks 1,757 out of 8,785. Before him are Pieter de Molijn (1595), Fergus Suter (1857), Thom Yorke (1968), Patrick Geddes (1854), Henry Maudslay (1771), and Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215). After him are Archibald Leitch (1865), Leonard Woolf (1880), Sigfrid of Sweden (1000), Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (1897), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), and Peg Entwistle (1908).

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Among SCULPTORS In United Kingdom

Among sculptors born in United Kingdom, John Flaxman ranks 2. Before him are Henry Moore (1898). After him are Richard Long (1945), Tony Cragg (1949), Antony Gormley (1950), Eduardo Paolozzi (1924), Anthony Caro (1924), Anne Seymour Damer (1748), Andy Goldsworthy (1956), Barry Flanagan (1941), W. J. Coffee (1774), and Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781).

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