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John Vanbrugh

1664 - 1726

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Sir John Vanbrugh (; 24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restoration comedies, The Relapse (1696) and The Provoked Wife (1697), which have become enduring stage favourites but originally occasioned much controversy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Vanbrugh has received more than 397,060 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. John Vanbrugh is the 296th most popular architect (down from 277th in 2019), the 2,258th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,128th in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Architect.

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  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, John Vanbrugh ranks 296 out of 518. Before him are Galeazzo Alessi, Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Friedrich Gilly, Camillo Boito, Bruno Zevi, and Charles Percier. After him are Ernst May, Konstantin Thon, Jan Santini Aichel, Christopher Alexander, Carlo Rossi, and Moshe Safdie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1664, John Vanbrugh ranks 14. Before him are Johann Homann, Arvid Horn, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, János Pálffy, and Alvise Pisani. After him are Torii Kiyonobu I, Margherita Maria Farnese, Marfa Apraksina, and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier. Among people deceased in 1726, John Vanbrugh ranks 12. Before him are Michel Richard Delalande, Domenico Zipoli, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, and Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Guillaume Delisle, Antonio Palomino, Jakob Prandtauer, Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen, Antonio Maria Bononcini, and Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Vanbrugh ranks 2,258 out of 8,785. Before him are Carl Palmer (1950), Limahl (1958), Ken Robinson (1950), John Chadwick (1920), Quentin Skinner (1940), and John Glen (1932). After him are Margaret of England (1240), David Mumford (1937), Mark Rylance (1960), Maud Watson (1864), John William Draper (1811), and Gloria Holden (1903).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, John Vanbrugh ranks 17. Before him are Archibald Leitch (1865), William Kent (1685), Ralph Erskine (1914), Augustus Pugin (1812), Glenn Murcutt (1936), and Charles Barry (1795). After him are Edwin Lutyens (1869), Thomas Telford (1757), Charles Cameron (1746), John Soane (1753), Capability Brown (1716), and Frederick Catherwood (1799).

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