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William Burges

1827 - 1881

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William Burges (; 2 December 1827 – 20 April 1881) was an English architect and designer. Among the greatest of the Victorian art-architects, he sought in his work to escape from both nineteenth-century industrialisation and the Neoclassical architectural style and re-establish the architectural and social values of a utopian medieval England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Burges has received more than 394,647 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. William Burges is the 476th most popular architect (down from 442nd in 2019), the 4,717th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,462nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Architect.

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  • 44.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, William Burges ranks 476 out of 518. Before her are Wivi Lönn, Richard Knill Freeman, Mikhail Zemtsov, Otto Bartning, Henry Hobson Richardson, and James Wyatt. After her are Robert Smirke, Giles Gilbert Scott, James Gibbs, Léon Krier, Ernő Goldfinger, and Bjarke Ingels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, William Burges ranks 64. Before her are Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Quintino Sella, José Manuel Marroquín, Barbara Bodichon, Anthimus VII of Constantinople, and Emma Schenson. After her are John Owen, Richard Morris Hunt, Mary Ward, Afzal-ud-Daulah, William Windom, and Henry Warner Slocum. Among people deceased in 1881, William Burges ranks 85. Before her are Jānis Cimze, Johann Ludwig Krapf, Josip Jurčič, James Collinson, John C. Pemberton, and Isaac Israel Hayes. After her are Franz von Dingelstedt, Thomas François Burgers, and Sidney Lanier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Burges ranks 4,717 out of 8,785. Before her are Ed Stafford (1975), Edgeworth David (1858), Adam Lallana (1988), Paul Gallagher (1954), Leslie Bricusse (1931), and Joseph Cook (1860). After her are Simon Fuller (1960), John Hunter (1737), William Russell (1924), William Christie (1845), Mick Abrahams (1943), and Derek Bailey (1930).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, William Burges ranks 36. Before her are Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764), Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661), Kenneth Frampton (1930), Richard Knill Freeman (1840), and James Wyatt (1746). After her are Robert Smirke (1780), Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), James Gibbs (1682), Aston Webb (1849), George Gilbert Scott (1811), and William Adam (1689).

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