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Étienne-Louis Boullée

1728 - 1799

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Étienne-Louis Boullée (French pronunciation: [etjɛn lwi bule]; 12 February 1728 – 4 February 1799) was a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne-Louis Boullée has received more than 415,177 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne-Louis Boullée is the 100th most popular architect (up from 105th in 2019), the 1,121st most popular biography from France (up from 1,174th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Architect.

Étienne-Louis Boullée is most famous for his design for a cenotaph in the form of an Egyptian pyramid.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 100 out of 518. Before him are Minoru Yamasaki, Arata Isozaki, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, and Ange-Jacques Gabriel. After him are Amenhotep, son of Hapu, César Pelli, Filarete, Hannes Meyer, Luis Barragán, and Aino Aalto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 8. Before him are Peter III of Russia, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Joseph Black, Anton Raphael Mengs, Niccolò Piccinni, and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Chevalier d'Éon, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Antoine Baumé, John Hunter, and Robert Adam. Among people deceased in 1799, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 14. Before him are Lazzaro Spallanzani, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Victoire of France, Heshen, and Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. After him are Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, Jean-François Marmontel, and Johann Hedwig.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 1,121 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), Alain de Lille (1117), Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), Albert Roussel (1869), Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1202), and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754). After him are Alphonse Bertillon (1853), Jacques Rivette (1928), René Lalique (1860), Jean de Joinville (1224), Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), and Pierre Augereau (1757).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 16. Before him are Pierre Lescot (1515), Hector Guimard (1867), Claude Perrault (1613), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), and Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698). After him are Lúcio Costa (1902), Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713), Charlotte Perriand (1903), Philibert de l'Orme (1514), Jean Chalgrin (1739), and Paul Abadie (1812).

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