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William Beechey

1753 - 1839

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William Beechey (12 December 1753 – 28 January 1839) was a British portraitist during the golden age of British painting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Beechey has received more than 123,170 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William Beechey is the 1,932nd most popular painter (down from 1,643rd in 2019), the 4,901st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,374th in 2019) and the 111th most popular British Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, William Beechey ranks 1,932 out of 2,023. Before him are Jasper Francis Cropsey, J. Alden Weir, Antonín Slavíček, Zdenka Braunerová, Luke Fildes, and Thomas Doughty. After him are Tracey Emin, Jack Butler Yeats, Neo Rauch, Joseph DeCamp, David Smith, and John Opie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, William Beechey ranks 43. Before him are Thomas Bewick, Bartolina Sisa, Edward Pigott, François Levaillant, Nikolay Lvov, and Dugald Stewart. After him are James McHenry, William Eustis, William Roscoe, and Elizabeth Inchbald. Among people deceased in 1839, William Beechey ranks 42. Before him are Hendrik Voogd, Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel, Benjamin Morrell, José María Heredia y Heredia, Alexander Odoevsky, and Jens Esmark. After him are Thomas Bibb, Allan Cunningham, and Sybil Ludington.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Beechey ranks 4,901 out of 8,785. Before him are Jenny Beavan (1950), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Irving Rapper (1898), Clive Donner (1926), Anne Fine (1947), and Bobby Smith (1933). After him are Dorothy Round (1909), Mike Ratledge (1943), Hannah Waddingham (1974), Aston Webb (1849), Sheila Hancock (1933), and Tony Trimmer (1943).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, William Beechey ranks 111. Before him are Augustus John (1878), Gerald Scarfe (1936), Paul Nash (1889), James Thornhill (1675), Roland Penrose (1900), and Luke Fildes (1843). After him are Tracey Emin (1963), Jack Butler Yeats (1871), John Opie (1761), Laura Knight (1877), William Duesbury (1725), and Robert Peake the Elder (1551).

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