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Joseph Paxton

1803 - 1865

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Sir Joseph Paxton (3 August 1803 – 8 June 1865) was an English gardener, architect, engineer and Member of Parliament, best known for designing the Crystal Palace and for cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most consumed banana in the Western world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Paxton has received more than 458,003 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Paxton is the 157th most popular architect (up from 166th in 2019), the 1,271st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,283rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Architect.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

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  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Joseph Paxton ranks 157 out of 424. Before him are Robert Adam, Filippo Juvarra, Gottfried Böhm, Philibert de l'Orme, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, and Ernst Neufert. After him are Michael Ventris, Hermann Tilke, Juan de Herrera, Ur-Nanshe, Jacobus Oud, and Jean Chalgrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Joseph Paxton ranks 22. Before him are Ferenc Deák, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, and John Ericsson. After him are Henry Darcy, John Sutter, Friedrich von Amerling, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, and Robert Stephenson. Among people deceased in 1865, Joseph Paxton ranks 21. Before him are Shoqan Walikhanov, Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, Princess Sophie of Sweden, Shigechiyo Izumi, Kunisada, and Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. After him are Johann Franz Encke, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Sebastián Iradier, Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, Antoine Wiertz, and Constant Troyon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Paxton ranks 1,271 out of 7,765. Before him are George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Thomas Simpson (1710), Robert Fludd (1574), and Dusty Springfield (1939). After him are Michael Ventris (1922), Roger Williamson (1948), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Adrian Smith (1957), Alexander McQueen (1969), and William Walton (1902).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Joseph Paxton ranks 6. Before him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Christopher Wren (1632), James Stirling (1926), Inigo Jones (1573), and Robert Adam (1728). After him are Michael Ventris (1922), John Nash (1752), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Archibald Leitch (1865), and Augustus Pugin (1812).

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