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Alexander Gardner

1821 - 1882

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Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 – December 10, 1882) was a Scottish and American photographer who immigrated to the United States in 1856, where he began to work full-time in that profession. He is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and of the conspirators and the execution of the participants in the Lincoln assassination plot. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Gardner is the 67th most popular photographer (up from 100th in 2019), the 2,683rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,275th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Alexander Gardner ranks 67 out of 148. Before him are Grete Stern, Hippolyte Bayard, Patrick Demarchelier, Lothar Wolleh, Herb Ritts, and Gertrude Käsebier. After him are Cornell Capa, René Burri, Imogen Cunningham, Karl Blossfeldt, Erich Salomon, and Karimeh Abbud.

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Among people born in 1821, Alexander Gardner ranks 61. Before him are Octave Feuillet, Karel Havlíček Borovský, Aleksey Pisemsky, Karol Mikuli, Princess Catherine of Württemberg, and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Giuseppe Saracco, Prince Adolf of Auersperg, Mikhail Petrashevsky, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, and Georgi Sava Rakovski. Among people deceased in 1882, Alexander Gardner ranks 55. Before him are Friedrich von Lütke, Charles J. Guiteau, Carl Robert Jakobson, Giovanni Lanza, John William Draper, and Joseph Decaisne. After him are James Challis, Ernest Courtot de Cissey, François-Auguste Biard, Nain Singh, Theodor Kullak, and Auguste Barbier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Gardner ranks 2,684 out of 8,785. Before him are Hilton Valentine (1943), John Leslie (1766), Philip Kerr (1956), Ivor Richard (1932), Jackie Oliver (1942), and John McDouall Stuart (1815). After him are Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany (1426), Richard Wilson (1714), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Marjorie Bruce (1297), Alan Sillitoe (1928), and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United Kingdom

Among photographers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Gardner ranks 5. Before him are Eadweard Muybridge (1830), Roger Fenton (1819), David Bailey (1938), and Cecil Beaton (1904). After him are Henry Peach Robinson (1830), Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869), Allan Warren (1948), and Mick Rock (1948).

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