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Walter Burley Griffin

1876 - 1937

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Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 – February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect. He designed Canberra, Australia's capital city, the New South Wales towns of Griffith and Leeton, and (with his wife) the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag. Influenced by the Chicago-based Prairie School, Griffin developed a unique modern style in partnership with his wife Marion Mahony Griffin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Burley Griffin has received more than 355,873 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Walter Burley Griffin is the 395th most popular architect (down from 346th in 2019), the 6,518th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,449th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Walter Burley Griffin ranks 395 out of 424. Before him are Juan Gómez de Mora, Alessandro Antonelli, Matvey Kazakov, Johann Friedrich Höger, Franco Albini, and Daniel Marot. After him are Mihály Pollack, Jan Kaplický, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Kenneth Frampton, Sándor Tarics, and Alberto Palacio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Walter Burley Griffin ranks 144. Before him are Elmer Drew Merrill, Marvin Hart, Felix Jacoby, Gwen John, Edgar Evans, and Stephanos Christopoulos. After him are Stepan Erzia, Flora Sandes, Violet Gibson, G. M. Trevelyan, Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, and Alexandre Tuffère. Among people deceased in 1937, Walter Burley Griffin ranks 130. Before him are Alexander Chervyakov, Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, Meliton Balanchivadze, Robert Borden, Ndre Mjeda, and Yordan Yovkov. After him are Nikolai Klyuev, Axel Bakunts, Marguerite Audoux, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, Colin Clive, and F. C. S. Schiller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Burley Griffin ranks 6,518 out of 18,182. Before him are Kim Gordon (1953), Owen Garriott (1930), Travis Scott (1991), Jim Lightbody (1882), Garry Winogrand (1928), and Mike Patton (1968). After him are Chester Himes (1909), Walter Lang (1896), Harold Becker (1928), Eric Bogosian (1953), Betty Compson (1897), and William M. Tweed (1823).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Walter Burley Griffin ranks 24. Before him are Charles Jencks (1939), Thom Mayne (1944), Steven Holl (1947), Sixto Durán Ballén (1921), Daniel Burnham (1846), and Julia Morgan (1872). After him are Robert Moses (1888), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), Robert A. M. Stern (1939), Cass Gilbert (1859), and John Russell Pope (1874).

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