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William Dobson

1610 - 1646

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William Dobson (4 March 1611 (baptised); 28 October 1646 (buried)) was a portraitist and one of the first significant English painters, praised by his contemporary John Aubrey as "the most excellent painter that England has yet bred". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Dobson has received more than 126,340 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William Dobson is the 1,626th most popular painter (down from 1,333rd in 2019), the 4,160th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,380th in 2019) and the 91st most popular British Painter.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, William Dobson ranks 1,626 out of 1,421. Before him are Miroslav Kraljević, Ksenia Milicevic, Jacek Yerka, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Georgina de Albuquerque, and Ben Nicholson. After him are Blanka Teleki, Randolph Caldecott, Katherine Sophie Dreier, John Sloan, Helen Allingham, and Vilho Lampi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1610, William Dobson ranks 21. Before him are Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony, Abraham Duquesne, Albert Eckhout, Huang Zongxi, Louise Moillon, and Karel Škréta.  Among people deceased in 1646, William Dobson ranks 15. Before him are Hosokawa Tadaoki, Francesco Furini, Margherita Aldobrandini, Antonio Marcello Barberini, Francesco Erizzo, and Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Dobson ranks 4,160 out of 7,765. Before him are Samantha Morton (1977), Meave Leakey (1942), Keir Starmer (1962), Bill Moggridge (1943), Benjamin Glazer (1887), and Alexander Wood (1907). After him are William Michael Rossetti (1829), Christian Coulson (1978), Kathryn Beaumont (1938), Mark Williams (1975), Bob Houghton (1947), and Roy Bentley (1924).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, William Dobson ranks 91. Before him are Margaret Mee (1909), Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760), Paul Nash (1889), Samuel Palmer (1805), Mary Moser (1744), and Ben Nicholson (1894). After him are Randolph Caldecott (1846), Helen Allingham (1848), Barbara Bodichon (1827), Gerald Scarfe (1936), Benjamin Wilson (1721), and Augustus John (1878).

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