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Thomas Telford

1757 - 1834

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Thomas Telford (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Telford has received more than 762,834 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Thomas Telford is the 341st most popular architect (down from 320th in 2019), the 2,625th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,577th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Architect.

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  • 51.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Thomas Telford ranks 341 out of 518. Before him are Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Herman Sörgel, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Antonio Rinaldi, Heinrich von Ferstel, and Giuseppe Valadier. After him are Lorenzo Gafà, Georges Candilis, Girolamo Cassar, Frederick Law Olmsted, Francesco Sabatini, and George Bähr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Thomas Telford ranks 32. Before him are Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Robert Smith, Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais, and Albrecht Wilhelm Roth. After him are Alessandro Rolla, Countess Friederike von Schlieben, Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Józef Kozłowski, Wojciech Bogusławski, and Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth. Among people deceased in 1834, Thomas Telford ranks 31. Before him are Giovanni Aldini, Elisa Radziwiłł, Gamzat-bek, Charles Lamb, Filip Višnjić, and Albrecht Wilhelm Roth. After him are George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, Joseph Bové, Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza, Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, and Pierre Adet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Telford ranks 2,625 out of 8,785. Before him are Kit Harington (1986), Peggy Ashcroft (1907), Billy Meredith (1874), William Robertson Smith (1846), Steve Perryman (1951), and Patrick Manson (1844). After him are John Turner (1929), Cedric Hardwicke (1893), Richard Armitage (1971), Jeffrey Tate (1943), Diana Mosley (1910), and William Gregor (1761).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Thomas Telford ranks 19. Before him are Ralph Erskine (1914), Augustus Pugin (1812), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Charles Barry (1795), John Vanbrugh (1664), and Edwin Lutyens (1869). After him are Charles Cameron (1746), John Soane (1753), Capability Brown (1716), Frederick Catherwood (1799), Nora Stanton Barney (1883), and Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900).

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