1689 - 1748
William Adam (1689 – 24 June 1748) was a Scottish architect, mason, and entrepreneur. He was the foremost architect of his time in Scotland, designing and building numerous country houses and public buildings, and often acting as contractor as well as architect. Among his best known works are Hopetoun House near Edinburgh, and Duff House in Banff. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Adam has received more than 10,876 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William Adam is the 461st most popular architect (down from 414th in 2019), the 5,419th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,800th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Architect.
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Among architects, William Adam ranks 461 out of 424. Before him are Andrew Jackson Downing, Gülsün Sağlamer, Einari Teräsvirta, Nora Stanton Barney, Maya Lin, and Herbert Baker. After him are John Douglas, Charles Correa, Marco Casagrande, Luigi Negri, Charles Holden, and Billy Casper.
1815 - 1852
HPI: 40.61
Rank: 455
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 456
1914 - 1995
HPI: 40.44
Rank: 457
1883 - 1971
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 458
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 459
1862 - 1946
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 460
1689 - 1748
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 461
1830 - 1911
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 462
1930 - 2015
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 463
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 464
1956 - Present
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 465
1875 - 1960
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 466
1931 - 2015
HPI: 34.70
Rank: 467
Among people born in 1689, William Adam ranks 14. Before him are Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria, Blas de Lezo, Alexis Piron, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, and Jan Klemens Branicki. Among people deceased in 1748, William Adam ranks 18. Before him are William Kent, Aleksei Chirikov, Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, Isaac Watts, Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and James Thomson.
1689 - 1700
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 8
1689 - 1743
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 9
1689 - 1741
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 10
1689 - 1773
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 11
1689 - 1751
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 12
1689 - 1771
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 13
1689 - 1748
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 14
1685 - 1748
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 12
1703 - 1748
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 13
1677 - 1748
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 14
1674 - 1748
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 15
1694 - 1748
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 16
1700 - 1748
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 17
1689 - 1748
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 18
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Adam ranks 5,419 out of 7,765. Before him are Antonia Bird (1951), Peter McParland (1934), Mike Phelan (1962), Wendy Richard (1943), Laura Carmichael (1986), and Philippa Marrack (1945). After him are Neil Young (1944), Ian Stewart (1929), Ken Armstrong (1924), Peter Robinson (1948), John Douglas (1830), and Harriet Harman (1950).
1951 - 2013
HPI: 38.42
Rank: 5,413
1934 - Present
HPI: 38.41
Rank: 5,414
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.41
Rank: 5,415
1943 - 2009
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 5,416
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 5,417
1945 - Present
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 5,418
1689 - 1748
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 5,419
1944 - 2011
HPI: 38.39
Rank: 5,420
1929 - 2017
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 5,421
1924 - 1984
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 5,422
1948 - Present
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 5,423
1830 - 1911
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 5,424
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 5,425
Among architects born in United Kingdom, William Adam ranks 45. Before him are Calvert Vaux (1824), Robert Smirke (1780), George Gilbert Scott (1811), Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), Nora Stanton Barney (1883), and Herbert Baker (1862). After him are John Douglas (1830) and Charles Holden (1875).
1824 - 1895
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 39
1780 - 1867
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 40
1811 - 1878
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 41
1880 - 1960
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 42
1883 - 1971
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 43
1862 - 1946
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 44
1689 - 1748
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 45
1830 - 1911
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 46
1875 - 1960
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 47