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Charles Barry

1795 - 1860

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Sir Charles Barry FRS RA (23 May 1795 – 12 May 1860) was an English architect best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament) in London during the mid-19th century, but also responsible for numerous other buildings and gardens. He is known for his major contribution to the use of Italianate architecture in Britain, especially the use of the Palazzo as basis for the design of country houses, city mansions and public buildings. He also developed the Italian Renaissance garden style for the many gardens he designed around country houses. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Barry is the 330th most popular architect (down from 289th in 2019), the 2,900th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,212th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Charles Barry ranks 330 out of 518. Before him are Aristotele Fioravanti, Moshe Safdie, Władysław Horodecki, Giuseppe Valadier, Wojciech Zabłocki, and Richard Norman Shaw. After him are Mammad Hasan Hajinski, Marcello Piacentini, Camillo Boito, Christoph Dientzenhofer, Bruno Zevi, and Joseph Bové.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Charles Barry ranks 46. Before him are James Braid, Joseph Böhm, Peter Jan Beckx, Arthur Morin, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, and Bernt Michael Holmboe. After him are Thomas Arnold, Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, José Gregorio Monagas, Adolf Bernhard Marx, Luis José de Orbegoso, and Nikolaos Mantzaros. Among people deceased in 1860, Charles Barry ranks 43. Before him are James Braid, Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, Christian Gmelin, Tokugawa Nariaki, Louis Hersent, and Duchess Marie of Württemberg. After him are Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Friedrich Silcher, Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, and Nicolaas Pieneman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Barry ranks 2,901 out of 8,785. Before him are André Waterkeyn (1917), Edmund Leach (1910), Poppy Morgan (1983), Harriet Walter (1950), Charles Lock Eastlake (1793), and Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896). After him are William Robertson Smith (1846), Harvey Postlethwaite (1944), Jon Finch (1942), Paul Simonon (1955), John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), and Alexander William Williamson (1824).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Charles Barry ranks 22. Before him are Joseph Paxton (1803), Archibald Leitch (1865), Glenn Murcutt (1936), William Kent (1685), Edwin Lutyens (1869), and Richard Norman Shaw (1831). After him are Thomas Telford (1757), Ralph Erskine (1914), Charles Cameron (1746), John Douglas (1830), John Soane (1753), and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694).

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