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Ange-Jacques Gabriel

1698 - 1782

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Ange-Jacques Gabriel (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʒ ʒak ɡabʁijɛl]; 23 October 1698 – 4 January 1782) was the principal architect of King Louis XV of France. His major works included the Place de la Concorde, the École Militaire, and the Petit Trianon and opera theater at the Palace of Versailles. His style was a careful balance between French Baroque architecture and French neoclassicism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ange-Jacques Gabriel is the 105th most popular architect (down from 99th in 2019), the 1,289th most popular biography from France (down from 1,100th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Architect.

Gabriel was a French architect who is most famous for designing the Palais-Royal in Paris.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ange-Jacques Gabriel ranks 105 out of 518. Before him are Luis Barragán, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Filarete, and Toyo Ito. After him are Lúcio Costa, Hemiunu, Baldassare Longhena, Theophil Hansen, Pierre Lescot, and Leo von Klenze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1698, Ange-Jacques Gabriel ranks 5. Before him are Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Pietro Metastasio, Giuseppe Guarneri, and Colin Maclaurin. After him are Pierre Bouguer, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Riccardo Broschi, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Johann Jakob Bodmer, and Erik Pontoppidan. Among people deceased in 1782, Ange-Jacques Gabriel ranks 14. Before him are Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Jacques de Vaucanson, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Anna Göldi, Sophie of France, and Charles Lee. After him are Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, Daniel Solander, and Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ange-Jacques Gabriel ranks 1,289 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (1145), Jean-Louis Barrault (1910), Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1695), Charles Boyer (1899), Jean Mabillon (1632), and François Cluzet (1955). After him are Lúcio Costa (1902), Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), Didier Pironi (1952), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), and Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1397).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Ange-Jacques Gabriel ranks 14. Before him are Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), Claude Perrault (1613), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Hector Guimard (1867), and Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736). After him are Lúcio Costa (1902), Pierre Lescot (1515), Philibert de l'Orme (1514), Paul Abadie (1812), Jacques-François Blondel (1705), and Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728).

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