PAINTER

David Octavius Hill

1802 - 1870

Photo of David Octavius Hill

Icon of person David Octavius Hill

David Octavius Hill (20 May 1802 – 17 May 1870) was a Scottish painter, photographer and arts activist. He formed Hill & Adamson studio with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspects of photography in Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Octavius Hill is the 1,881st most popular painter (down from 1,708th in 2019), the 4,538th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,375th in 2019) and the 101st most popular British Painter.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of David Octavius Hill by language

Loading...

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, David Octavius Hill ranks 1,881 out of 2,023. Before him are Moshe Castel, Edward Hicks, Ľudovít Fulla, Maja Berezowska, Joseph Stella, and Nils Dardel. After him are Peter Doig, Sarah Goodridge, Georgina de Albuquerque, Claude Renoir, George Clausen, and Charles Sheeler.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, David Octavius Hill ranks 60. Before him are Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Nicholas Wiseman, Édouard Ménétries, Dorothea Dix, Lydia Maria Child, and Manuel María Lombardini. After him are Andrei Stackenschneider, Miguel de San Román, Gideon Welles, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Chand Kaur, and Benjamin Fitzpatrick. Among people deceased in 1870, David Octavius Hill ranks 64. Before him are Thomas Campbell Eyton, Joséphine Fodor, Michael William Balfe, Pascual Madoz, John P. Kennedy, and Umihana Čuvidina. After him are Radhanath Sikdar, Emma Willard, George Henry Thomas, and William Gilmore Simms.

Others Born in 1802

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1870

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Octavius Hill ranks 4,539 out of 8,785. Before him are Kingsley Ben-Adir (1986), James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife (1929), William Martin Leake (1777), Calvin Harris (1984), Robin Trower (1945), and Timothy West (1934). After him are Peter Doig (1959), Greg Wise (1966), Pauline Collins (1940), Walter Winterbottom (1913), Catherine Booth (1829), and Joseph Thomson (1858).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, David Octavius Hill ranks 101. Before him are David Wilkie (1785), William Powell Frith (1819), Simeon Solomon (1840), David Payne (1843), Edwin Long (1829), and Thomas Hudson (1701). After him are Peter Doig (1959), George Clausen (1852), James Collinson (1825), John Opie (1761), Peter Blake (1932), and Louise Rayner (1832).

British born Painters

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous