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Claude Nicolas Ledoux

1736 - 1806

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Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (French pronunciation: [klod nikɔla lədu]; 21 March 1736 – 18 November 1806) was one of the earliest exponents of French Neoclassical architecture. He used his knowledge of architectural theory to design not only domestic architecture but also town planning; as a consequence of his visionary plan for the Ideal City of Chaux, he became known as a utopian. His greatest works were funded by the French monarchy and came to be perceived as symbols of the ancien régime rather than Utopia. The French Revolution hampered his career; much of his work was destroyed in the nineteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Nicolas Ledoux is the 102nd most popular architect (down from 97th in 2019), the 1,272nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,091st in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Architect.

Claude Nicolas Ledoux is most famous for his design of the Chateau de Chantilly, a chateau in the Picardy region of France.

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Among architects, Claude Nicolas Ledoux ranks 102 out of 518. Before him are Gottfried Semper, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Luis Barragán, Hans Hollein, and Arata Isozaki. After him are Filarete, Toyo Ito, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Lúcio Costa, Hemiunu, and Baldassare Longhena.

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Among people born in 1736, Claude Nicolas Ledoux ranks 8. Before him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Rama I, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, and James Macpherson. After him are Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, and Anton Graff. Among people deceased in 1806, Claude Nicolas Ledoux ranks 18. Before him are Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Johann Christoph Adelung, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Utamaro, Nicolas Leblanc, and Mathurin Jacques Brisson. After him are Michel Adanson, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Mungo Park, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, and George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Nicolas Ledoux ranks 1,272 out of 6,770. Before him are Odile of Alsace (662), Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Dominique Sanda (1948), Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737), and Max Linder (1883). After him are Tancred of Hauteville (980), René Arnoux (1948), Walter Sans Avoir (1050), Jane Frances de Chantal (1572), Augustin Robespierre (1763), and Louis-Claude Daquin (1694).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Claude Nicolas Ledoux ranks 13. Before him are François Mansart (1598), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), Claude Perrault (1613), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), and Hector Guimard (1867). After him are Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Lúcio Costa (1902), Pierre Lescot (1515), Philibert de l'Orme (1514), Paul Abadie (1812), and Jacques-François Blondel (1705).

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