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Eileen Gray

1878 - 1976

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Eileen Gray (born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith; 9 August 1878 – 31 October 1976) was an Irish interior designer, furniture designer and architect who became a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. Over her career, she was associated with many notable European artists of her era, including Kathleen Scott, Adrienne Gorska, Le Corbusier, and the architect Jean Badovici, with whom she was romantically involved and who taught her architecture and collaborated with her on various buildings. Their most famous work is the house known as E-1027 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eileen Gray is the 112th most popular architect (up from 115th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 47th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Eileen Gray ranks 112 out of 518. Before her are Lúcio Costa, Hemiunu, Baldassare Longhena, Theophil Hansen, Pierre Lescot, and Leo von Klenze. After her are Ricardo Bofill, George Gilbert Scott, Rafael Moneo, Auguste Perret, Carl Gotthard Langhans, and César Pelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Eileen Gray ranks 37. Before her are Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, Alexander von Falkenhausen, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, Frank Jarvis, Sadriddin Ayni, and Milan Hodža. After her are Elizabeth Arden, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Clemens August Graf von Galen, Kōki Hirota, Yakov Yurovsky, and Marcel Grossmann. Among people deceased in 1976, Eileen Gray ranks 52. Before her are Murtala Mohammed, Paul Lazarsfeld, Mukesh, Yukio Goto, Lin Yutang, and Kazi Nazrul Islam. After her are Carlo Gambino, Mitsuo Fuchida, Phil Ochs, Lee J. Cobb, Mikhail Gurevich, and Ivan Yakubovsky.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Eileen Gray ranks 65 out of 549. Before her are Conor McGregor (1988), Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865), Bono (1960), Rory Gallagher (1948), Maureen O'Hara (1920), and John Tyndall (1820). After her are Larry Mullen Jr. (1961), Dolores O'Riordan (1971), Saint Gall (550), Vergilius of Salzburg (700), Ethel Voynich (1864), and William C. Campbell (1930).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Ireland

Among architects born in Ireland, Eileen Gray ranks 1. After her are James Hoban (1762), Kevin Roche (1922), Yvonne Farrell (1951), and Shelley McNamara (1952).

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