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Thomas Bewick

1753 - 1828

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Thomas Bewick (c. 11 August 1753 – 8 November 1828) was an English wood-engraver and natural history author. Early in his career he took on all kinds of work such as engraving cutlery, making the wood blocks for advertisements, and illustrating children's books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Bewick has received more than 243,882 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Thomas Bewick is the 1,625th most popular painter (down from 1,463rd in 2019), the 3,129th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,117th in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Painter.

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  • 240k

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  • 49.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Thomas Bewick ranks 1,625 out of 2,023. Before him are Duncan Grant, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Durdy Bayramov, Ștefan Luchian, Lorenz Frølich, and Isaac Oliver. After him are Illarion Pryanishnikov, Mark Tobey, Alexander Litovchenko, Oleksandr Murashko, Emmanuel Lubezki, and Laura Muntz Lyall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Thomas Bewick ranks 37. Before him are Andrew Bell, Edmund Randolph, Laurynas Gucevičius, Fyodor Alekseyev, John Soane, and William Nicholson. After him are Bartolina Sisa, Edward Pigott, François Levaillant, Nikolay Lvov, Dugald Stewart, and William Beechey. Among people deceased in 1828, Thomas Bewick ranks 36. Before him are François Isaac de Rivaz, Albrecht Thaer, Christian August Lorentzen, Michael von Kienmayer, Manuel Dorrego, and Anne Seymour Damer. After him are Rachel Jackson, Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Vincenzo Monti, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, Johann Christoph Wendland, and Félix de Avelar Brotero.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Bewick ranks 3,129 out of 8,785. Before him are Ben Barnes (1981), Alexander Bain (1810), Antonio Pappano (1959), Rory McCann (1969), Brian O'Nolan (1911), and M. R. James (1862). After him are Geoff Downes (1952), Johnny Herbert (1964), Raphael Holinshed (1529), Anne Bradstreet (1612), Pete Ham (1947), and Jamie Carragher (1978).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Thomas Bewick ranks 66. Before him are Richard Dadd (1817), Henry Raeburn (1756), Allan Ramsay (1713), Thomas Moran (1837), Dora Carrington (1893), and Duncan Grant (1885). After him are Laura Muntz Lyall (1860), Clive Bell (1881), John Hoppner (1758), David Allan (1744), Henry Scott Tuke (1858), and David Octavius Hill (1802).

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