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Benjamin Henry Latrobe

1764 - 1820

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Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820) was a British-American neoclassical architect who immigrated to the United States. He was one of the first formally trained, professional architects in the new United States, drawing on influences from his travels in Italy, as well as British and French Neoclassical architects such as Claude Nicolas Ledoux. In his thirties, he immigrated to the new United States and designed the United States Capitol, on "Capitol Hill" in Washington, D.C., as well as the Old Baltimore Cathedral or The Baltimore Basilica, (later renamed the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary). It is the first Cathedral constructed in the United States for any Christian denomination. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Henry Latrobe is the 457th most popular architect (down from 447th in 2019), the 4,391st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,954th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Architect.

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Among architects, Benjamin Henry Latrobe ranks 457 out of 518. Before him are Nikolay Lvov, Kiyonori Kikutake, Ferdinand Boberg, Alexander Kokorinov, Richard Knill Freeman, and Alejandro Aravena. After him are Anne Lacaton, Cass Gilbert, Jan Kaplický, Kenneth Frampton, Nicholas Grimshaw, and Nicholas Hawksmoor.

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Among people born in 1764, Benjamin Henry Latrobe ranks 33. Before him are Henriette Herz, Josef Abel, Edward Livingston, John Mawe, Carl Fredrik Fallén, and Johann Wilhelm Meigen. After him are William Pinkney, and Mary Lamb. Among people deceased in 1820, Benjamin Henry Latrobe ranks 41. Before him are Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Louise Caroline of Hochberg, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, Alexis Thérèse Petit, Charles Blagden, and Palisot de Beauvois. After him are Stephen Decatur, William Ellery, and Henry Grattan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Henry Latrobe ranks 4,392 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Trimmer (1943), Rachel Portman (1960), John Grierson (1898), Maxwell T. Masters (1833), Richard Rodney Bennett (1936), and William Muir (1819). After him are Oswald Szemerényi (1913), Gayatri Devi (1919), Alan Newton (1931), Nathaniel Parker (1962), Ken Wharton (1916), and Tobias Furneaux (1735).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Henry Latrobe ranks 34. Before him are Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694), Edward Blore (1787), Frederick Catherwood (1799), Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), and Richard Knill Freeman (1840). After him are Kenneth Frampton (1930), Nicholas Grimshaw (1939), Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661), James Wyatt (1746), William Adam (1689), and James Gibbs (1682).

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