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Robert Adam

1728 - 1792

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Robert Adam (3 July 1728 – 3 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Adam has received more than 634,683 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Robert Adam is the 158th most popular architect (down from 150th in 2019), the 1,252nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,204th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Architect.

Robert Adam is most famous for his neoclassical architecture. He is credited with being the founder of the neoclassical movement in architecture.

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  • 57.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Robert Adam ranks 158 out of 518. Before him are Nefermaat, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Ebenezer Howard, Jean Chalgrin, and Jacob van Campen. After him are Ur-Nanshe, Paul Abadie, Fumihiko Maki, David Chipperfield, Mikhail Eisenstein, and Carl Ludvig Engel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Robert Adam ranks 14. Before him are Étienne-Louis Boullée, Chevalier d'Éon, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Antoine Baumé, and John Hunter. After him are Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Adam Hiller, Shah Alam II, Kirill Razumovski, Matthew Boulton, and Oliver Goldsmith. Among people deceased in 1792, Robert Adam ranks 14. Before him are Johann van Beethoven, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Jacques Cazotte, Nguyễn Huệ, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Tiradentes. After him are Joseph Martin Kraus, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Legall de Kermeur, Denis Fonvizin, and Antoine Louis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Adam ranks 1,252 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Shearer (1970), Michael Scot (1175), Thomas Reid (1710), Martin Lowry (1874), Mike Hailwood (1940), and Charles Rolls (1877). After him are Frank Williams (1942), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), Thomas Simpson (1710), Keith O'Brien (1938), Desmond Morris (1928), and Denny Laine (1944).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Robert Adam ranks 6. Before him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Christopher Wren (1632), James Stirling (1926), Inigo Jones (1573), and Ebenezer Howard (1850). After him are David Chipperfield (1953), Michael Ventris (1922), Joseph Paxton (1803), John Nash (1752), Archibald Leitch (1865), and William Kent (1685).

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