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Cass Gilbert

1859 - 1934

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Cass Gilbert (November 24, 1859 – May 17, 1934) was an American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minnesota, Arkansas, and West Virginia, the Detroit Public Library, the Saint Louis Art Museum and Public Library. His public buildings in the Beaux Arts style reflect the optimistic American sense that the nation was heir to Greek democracy, Roman law and Renaissance humanism. Gilbert's achievements were recognized in his lifetime; he served as president of the American Institute of Architects in 1908–09. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cass Gilbert is the 459th most popular architect (up from 469th in 2019), the 8,714th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,545th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Cass Gilbert ranks 459 out of 518. Before him are Ferdinand Boberg, Alexander Kokorinov, Richard Knill Freeman, Alejandro Aravena, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and Anne Lacaton. After him are Jan Kaplický, Kenneth Frampton, Nicholas Grimshaw, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Guðjón Samúelsson, and Robert Moses.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Cass Gilbert ranks 126. Before him are Luigi Capello, Cecilia Grierson, A. E. Housman, Pandeli Evangjeli, Anatole Le Braz, and Josephine Crowell. After him are Alfredo Baquerizo, Victor Herbert, Juan Antonio Escurra, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Vincenzo Cerulli, and Kei Okami. Among people deceased in 1934, Cass Gilbert ranks 144. Before him are Davidson Black, Jiro Sato, John Brinck, Wallace Fard Muhammad, Horace Lamb, and Hélène Boucher. After him are Frank J. Sprague, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Augusto Pestana, Lou Tellegen, Arthur Schuster, and Gustav de Vries.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cass Gilbert ranks 8,716 out of 20,380. Before him are Jo Jo White (1946), Rachel Chagall (1952), Tom Courtney (1933), Matthew Gray Gubler (1980), Kim Stanley (1925), and Leelee Sobieski (1983). After him are Marco Beltrami (1966), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Ann Bannon (1932), Ralph Meeker (1920), William Beebe (1877), and Bobby Timmons (1935).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Cass Gilbert ranks 26. Before him are Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), Charles Jencks (1939), Daniel Burnham (1846), Walter Burley Griffin (1876), John Hejduk (1929), and Julia Morgan (1872). After him are Robert Moses (1888), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), Richard Morris Hunt (1827), Robert A. M. Stern (1939), and John Russell Pope (1874).

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