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Robert Smirke

1780 - 1867

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Sir Robert Smirke (1 October 1780 – 18 April 1867) was an English architect, one of the leaders of Greek Revival architecture, though he also used other architectural styles (such as Gothic and Tudor). As an attached (i.e. official) architect within the Office of Works, he designed several major public buildings, including the main block and façade of the British Museum and altered or repaired others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Smirke has received more than 5,653 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Smirke is the 477th most popular architect (down from 446th in 2019), the 4,766th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,549th in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Architect.

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  • 15

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  • 2.80

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  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Robert Smirke ranks 477 out of 518. Before him are Richard Knill Freeman, Mikhail Zemtsov, Otto Bartning, Henry Hobson Richardson, James Wyatt, and William Burges. After him are Giles Gilbert Scott, James Gibbs, Léon Krier, Ernő Goldfinger, Bjarke Ingels, and Johan Sigfrid Sirén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Robert Smirke ranks 55. Before him are Yakov Sannikov, John Forsyth, Michele Tenore, Edward Hicks, William Ellery Channing, and Johann Friedrich Adam. After him are Richard Rush, William J. Duane, Thomas Chalmers, and Israel Pickens. Among people deceased in 1867, Robert Smirke ranks 59. Before him are Athanasios Miaoulis, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Charles John Andersson, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, and Ira Aldridge. After him are Nathaniel Parker Willis, Sterling Price, Prideaux John Selby, and Thomas Francis Meagher.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Smirke ranks 4,766 out of 8,785. Before him are Jim Lea (1949), Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674), Mary Beard (1955), Juliet Stevenson (1956), Heather Angel (1909), and C. H. Dodd (1884). After him are Balfour Stewart (1828), Dorothy Manley (1927), Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811), Glyn Johns (1942), Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), and Lionel Tertis (1876).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Robert Smirke ranks 37. Before him are Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661), Kenneth Frampton (1930), Richard Knill Freeman (1840), James Wyatt (1746), and William Burges (1827). After him are Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), James Gibbs (1682), Aston Webb (1849), George Gilbert Scott (1811), William Adam (1689), and Joseph Pickford (1736).

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