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Lin Huiyin

1904 - 1955

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Lin Huiyin (Chinese: 林徽因, born 林徽音; pinyin: Lín Huīyīn; known as Phyllis Whei Yin Lin when in the United States; 10 June 1904 – 1 April 1955) was a Chinese architect, writer, and poet. She is known to be the first female architect in modern China and her husband is the famed "Father of Modern Chinese Architecture" Liang Sicheng, both of whom worked as founders and faculty in the newly formed Architecture Department of Northeastern University in 1928 and, after 1949, as professors in Tsinghua University in Beijing. Liang and Lin began restoration work on cultural heritage sites of China in the post-imperial Republican Era of China, a passion which she would pursue to the end of her life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lin Huiyin has received more than 199,187 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lin Huiyin is the 293rd most popular architect (down from 266th in 2019), the 697th most popular biography from China (down from 591st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Architect.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.62

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  • 3.77

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Lin Huiyin ranks 293 out of 424Before her are Jan Santini Aichel, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Konstantin Thon, Pieter Post, Vlado Milunić, and Christian Frederik Hansen. After her are Joseph Poelaert, Friedrich von Gärtner, Steven Holl, Christopher Alexander, Dominikus Zimmermann, and Marcello Piacentini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Lin Huiyin ranks 157Before her are Miguel Capuccini, Heinrich von Brentano, Juan José Arévalo, Cecil Day-Lewis, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, and André Leducq. After her are Ellen Church, Georges Sadoul, Alexander Gerschenkron, József Takács, Terence Fisher, and Lippo Hertzka. Among people deceased in 1955, Lin Huiyin ranks 88Before her are Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia, Isaak Dunayevsky, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Ahmad Qavam, Guy Ropartz, and Otto Gessler. After her are Ona Munson, Wallace Stevens, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Hans Hedtoft, Theodor Plievier, and Karl Hofer.

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In China

Among people born in China, Lin Huiyin ranks 697 out of 1,392Before her are Yao Ming (1980), Li Tang (1050), Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), Ann Hui (1947), Lee Shau-kee (1929), and Shi Lang (1621). After her are Guo Pu (276), Tsai Chin (1933), Feng Youlan (1895), Guan Daosheng (1262), Wang Yang (1955), and Nicholas Poppe (1897).

Among ARCHITECTS In China

Among architects born in China, Lin Huiyin ranks 3Before her are I. M. Pei (1917) and Yan Liben (600). After her are Wang Shu (1963).