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Carl Ludvig Engel

1778 - 1840

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Carl Ludvig Engel or Johann Carl Ludwig Engel (3 July 1778 – 14 May 1840) was a German architect whose most noted work can be found in Helsinki, which he helped rebuild. His works include most of the buildings around the capital's monumental centre, the Senate Square and the buildings surrounding it. The buildings are Helsinki Cathedral, The Senate (now the Palace of the Council of State), the Helsinki City Hall, and the library and the main building of Helsinki University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Ludvig Engel is the 162nd most popular architect (up from 164th in 2019), the 1,859th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,783rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 162 out of 518. Before him are Alonzo Cano, Carlo Fontana, Paul Troost, Charlotte Perriand, Eero Saarinen, and Ebenezer Howard. After him are Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Robert Adam, Jean Chalgrin, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Paul Andreu, and Jacob van Campen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 20. Before him are Fernando Sor, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Ugo Foscolo, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Kittur Chennamma, Beau Brummell, Sophie Blanchard, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Augustinos Kapodistrias, and Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac. Among people deceased in 1840, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 18. Before him are Dingane kaSenzangakhona, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Louis de Bonald, Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol. After him are Francisco de Paula Santander, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Beau Brummell, Marcellin Champagnat, and Nicholas Aylward Vigors.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 1,859 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick of Saxony (1474), Bastian Schweinsteiger (1984), Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772), Melitta Bentz (1873), Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), and Ernest Mandel (1923). After him are Ralf Rangnick (1958), Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1679), Friedrich Rückert (1788), Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1736), Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), and Pierre Littbarski (1960).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Carl Ludvig Engel ranks 16. Before him are Gottfried Semper (1803), Leo von Klenze (1784), Hans Scharoun (1893), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), Gottfried Böhm (1920), and Paul Troost (1878). After him are Lilly Reich (1885), Günter Behnisch (1922), Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662), Robert Koldewey (1855), Hans Poelzig (1869), and Ernst Neufert (1900).

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