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Charles Lock Eastlake

1793 - 1865

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Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (17 November 1793 – 24 December 1865) was a British painter, gallery director, collector and writer of the 19th century. After a period as keeper, he was the first director of the National Gallery. From 1850 to 1865 he served as President of the Royal Academy, succeeding Martin Archer Shee in the role. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Lock Eastlake is the 3,645th most popular writer (up from 6,358th in 2019), the 2,898th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,520th in 2019) and the 329th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Charles Lock Eastlake ranks 3,645 out of 7,302. Before him are Philoxenus of Cythera, Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Joanna Chmielewska, Yuli Daniel, and Michael Denis. After him are Aurora Mardiganian, Claude Bourgelat, Olga Orozco, Howard Pyle, Shibli Nomani, and Václav Hanka.

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Among people born in 1793, Charles Lock Eastlake ranks 39. Before him are Casimir Delavigne, Pavel Pestel, Martin Rathke, Demetrios Ypsilantis, Joseph Paul Gaimard, and Simonas Daukantas. After him are Philip Barker-Webb, Felix de Muelenaere, Diego Portales, Robert Edmond Grant, Stephen F. Austin, and Kazim Rashti. Among people deceased in 1865, Charles Lock Eastlake ranks 53. Before him are Adolph Kolping, Friedrich August Stüler, Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Joseph Lebeau, Léon Jean Marie Dufour, and Alexander Dukhnovych. After him are Mary Surratt, John Richardson, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Otto Ludwig, Eugène Devéria, and Richard Cobden.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Lock Eastlake ranks 2,899 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Norman Shaw (1831), Andrew Latimer (1949), André Waterkeyn (1917), Edmund Leach (1910), Poppy Morgan (1983), and Harriet Walter (1950). After him are Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896), Charles Barry (1795), William Robertson Smith (1846), Harvey Postlethwaite (1944), Jon Finch (1942), and Paul Simonon (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Charles Lock Eastlake ranks 329. Before him are William Cowper (1731), E. W. Hornung (1866), Arthur Waley (1889), Edward William Lane (1801), Nevil Shute (1899), and Alma Reville (1899). After him are William Robertson Smith (1846), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), Rupert Brooke (1887), Ian Rankin (1960), Mary Sidney (1561), and Leslie Stephen (1832).

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