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Pierre Cuypers

1827 - 1921

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Petrus Josephus Hubertus "Pierre" Cuypers (16 May 1827 – 3 March 1921) was a Dutch architect. His name is most frequently associated with the Amsterdam Central Station (1881–1889) and the Rijksmuseum (1876–1885), both in Amsterdam. More representative for his oeuvre, however, are numerous churches, of which he designed more than 100. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Cuypers has received more than 123,448 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Pierre Cuypers is the 283rd most popular architect (down from 274th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 435th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Pierre Cuypers ranks 283 out of 518. Before him are Bogdan Bogdanović, Vlado Milunić, Marian Spychalski, Callinicus of Heliopolis, Libéral Bruant, and Ernst Ziller. After him are Salomon de Brosse, Ineni, Werner March, Aristotele Fioravanti, Boris Iofan, and Charles Barry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Pierre Cuypers ranks 38. Before him are Paul de Lagarde, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and Charles Wolf. After him are Heinrich Karl Brugsch, Amédée Courbet, Kusumoto Ine, Pierre Tirard, Henri Ernest Baillon, and Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1921, Pierre Cuypers ranks 69. Before him are Émile Combes, Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Fyodor Sergeyev, Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, and Eduardo Dato. After him are Alexander Dutov, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, William Speirs Bruce, Mirza Kuchik Khan, Isidor Kaufmann, and Alfred Grandidier.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pierre Cuypers ranks 490 out of 1,646. Before him are Gerard Reve (1923), Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau (1637), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Barent Fabritius (1624), and Maria van Oosterwijck (1630). After him are Henk ten Cate (1954), Reinhart Dozy (1820), Joachim Wtewael (1566), Jelle Zijlstra (1918), Cornelis Bloemaert (1603), and Nina Foch (1924).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Netherlands

Among architects born in Netherlands, Pierre Cuypers ranks 10. Before him are Jacob van Campen (1596), Jacobus Oud (1890), Mart Stam (1899), Aldo van Eyck (1918), Pieter Post (1608), and Salomon de Bray (1597). After him are Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), Tylman van Gameren (1632), Jan Wils (1891), Jaap Bakema (1914), and Michel de Klerk (1884).

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