PAINTER

E. H. Shepard

1879 - 1976

E. H. Shepard

Ernest Howard Shepard (10 December 1879 – 24 March 1976) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is known especially for illustrations of the anthropomorphic animal and soft toy characters in The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh. Shepard's original 1926 illustrated map of the Hundred Acre Wood, which features in the opening pages of Winnie-the-Pooh (and also appears in the opening animation in the first Disney adaptation in 1966), sold for £430,000 ($600,000) at Sotheby's in London, setting a world record for book illustrations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. E. H. Shepard is the 1,519th most popular painter (down from 1,152nd in 2019), the 3,192nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,171st in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, E. H. Shepard ranks 1,519 out of 2,023. Before him are Jacob Adriaensz Backer, Henri Lebasque, Wilhelm Bendz, Cosmas Damian Asam, Eva Bonnier, and Giovanni Santi. After him are Peter von Hess, Teodor Axentowicz, Slava Raškaj, Hieronymus Cock, André Gill, and Austin Osman Spare.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Jacob Adriaensz Backer
1608 - 1651
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 1,513
Henri Lebasque
1865 - 1937
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 1,514
Wilhelm Bendz
1804 - 1832
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,515
Cosmas Damian Asam
1686 - 1739
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 1,516
Eva Bonnier
1857 - 1909
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 1,517
Giovanni Santi
1435 - 1494
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,518
E. H. Shepard
1879 - 1976
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,519
Peter von Hess
1792 - 1871
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,520
Teodor Axentowicz
1859 - 1938
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 1,521
Slava Raškaj
1877 - 1906
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 1,522
Hieronymus Cock
1518 - 1570
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 1,523
André Gill
1840 - 1885
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,524
Austin Osman Spare
1886 - 1956
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 1,525

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, E. H. Shepard ranks 154. Before him are André Roosevelt, Eugen Varga, Henri Jobier, Urban Gad, Grzegorz Fitelberg, and Jin Shuren. After him are Zsigmond Móricz, Alfred Swahn, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni, Milan Šufflay, and Ernst Herzfeld. Among people deceased in 1976, E. H. Shepard ranks 157. Before him are Viggo Kampmann, Ernst Albrecht, Gina Bachauer, Hidetsugu Yagi, Mariano Ospina Pérez, and Pinhas Lavon. After him are Conduelo Píriz, Stanley Baker, Armas Taipale, Haddon Sundblom, Ivo Van Damme, and Maurice Dobb.

Others Born in 1879

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André Roosevelt
FILM DIRECTOR
1879 - 1962
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 148
Eugen Varga
ECONOMIST
1879 - 1964
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 149
Henri Jobier
ATHLETE
1879 - 1930
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 150
Urban Gad
FILM DIRECTOR
1879 - 1947
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 151
Grzegorz Fitelberg
CONDUCTOR
1879 - 1953
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 152
Jin Shuren
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1941
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 153
E. H. Shepard
PAINTER
1879 - 1976
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 154
Zsigmond Móricz
WRITER
1879 - 1942
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 155
Alfred Swahn
ATHLETE
1879 - 1931
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 156
Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda
LINGUIST
1879 - 1959
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 157
Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1879 - 1968
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 158
Milan Šufflay
HISTORIAN
1879 - 1931
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 159
Ernst Herzfeld
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1879 - 1948
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 160

Others Deceased in 1976

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Viggo Kampmann
POLITICIAN
1910 - 1976
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 151
Ernst Albrecht
SOCCER PLAYER
1907 - 1976
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 152
Gina Bachauer
MUSICIAN
1913 - 1976
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 153
Hidetsugu Yagi
ENGINEER
1886 - 1976
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 154
Mariano Ospina Pérez
POLITICIAN
1891 - 1976
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 155
Pinhas Lavon
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1976
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 156
E. H. Shepard
PAINTER
1879 - 1976
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 157
Conduelo Píriz
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1976
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 158
Stanley Baker
ACTOR
1928 - 1976
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 159
Armas Taipale
ATHLETE
1890 - 1976
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 160
Haddon Sundblom
PAINTER
1899 - 1976
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 161
Ivo Van Damme
ATHLETE
1954 - 1976
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 162
Maurice Dobb
ECONOMIST
1900 - 1976
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 163

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, E. H. Shepard ranks 3,193 out of 8,785. Before him are David Mitchell (1974), Blanche Bingley (1863), Mary Renault (1905), Dick Parry (1942), Lita Ford (1958), and Roy Harrod (1900). After him are Robert Simson (1687), Teresa Ann Savoy (1955), Ken Livingstone (1945), John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), Frederick Abberline (1843), and Gary Neville (1975).

Others born in United Kingdom

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David Mitchell
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 3,187
Blanche Bingley
TENNIS PLAYER
1863 - 1946
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 3,188
Mary Renault
WRITER
1905 - 1983
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 3,189
Dick Parry
MUSICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 3,190
Lita Ford
MUSICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 3,191
Roy Harrod
ECONOMIST
1900 - 1978
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 3,192
E. H. Shepard
PAINTER
1879 - 1976
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 3,193
Robert Simson
MATHEMATICIAN
1687 - 1768
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 3,194
Teresa Ann Savoy
ACTOR
1955 - 2017
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 3,195
Ken Livingstone
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 3,196
John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
POLITICIAN
1822 - 1883
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 3,197
Frederick Abberline
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1929
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 3,198
Gary Neville
SOCCER PLAYER
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 3,199