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Aston Webb

1849 - 1930

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Sir Aston Webb, (22 May 1849 – 21 August 1930) was a British architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other major works around England, many of them in partnership with Ingress Bell. He was president of the Royal Academy from 1919 to 1924. He was also the founding chairman of the London Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aston Webb is the 492nd most popular architect (down from 484th in 2019), the 5,303rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,905th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Aston Webb ranks 492 out of 518Before him are Bjarke Ingels, Robert Smirke, Peter Cook, Richard Morris Hunt, Gülsün Sağlamer, and Joseph Pickford. After him are Benjamin Mountfort, Einari Teräsvirta, Robert A. M. Stern, Giles Gilbert Scott, John Russell Pope, and Maya Lin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Aston Webb ranks 107Before him are Henry Clay Frick, August Palm, John Hopkinson, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Edmund Gosse, and Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin. After him are Sarat Chandra Das, William R. Day, Edwin Lord Weeks, James Mason, Henrietta Edwards, and Sarah Orne Jewett. Among people deceased in 1930, Aston Webb ranks 134Before him are Anna Whitlock, Šatrijos Ragana, Santeri Alkio, Alfred John Keene, Ivan Yakovlev, and Elmer Ambrose Sperry. After him are Johnny Douglas, Christine Ladd-Franklin, Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone, Laura Muntz Lyall, Gauhar Jaan, and Robert Bridges.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Aston Webb ranks 5,305 out of 8,785Before him are Thomas Traherne (1636), Scott Speedman (1975), John Byrne (1950), Joseph Pickford (1736), Bukayo Saka (2001), and Frederick Merriman (1873). After him are Alan Mowbray (1896), George Ezra (1993), Lashana Lynch (1987), Martin Whitmarsh (1958), Churchill Babington (1821), and Karl Shuker (1959).

Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Aston Webb ranks 45Before him are William Adam (1689), James Gibbs (1682), Calvert Vaux (1824), Robert Smirke (1780), Peter Cook (1936), and Joseph Pickford (1736). After him are Benjamin Mountfort (1825), Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), Herbert Baker (1862), Charles Holden (1875), and Lesley Lokko (1964).