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Eric Gill

1882 - 1940

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Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes Gill as "the greatest artist-craftsman of the twentieth century: a letter-cutter and type designer of genius", he is also a figure of considerable controversy following the revelations of his sexual abuse of two of his daughters and of his pet dog. Gill was born in Brighton and grew up in Chichester, where he attended the local college before moving to London. There he became an apprentice with a firm of ecclesiastical architects and took evening classes in stone masonry and calligraphy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Gill is the 93rd most popular artist (down from 86th in 2019), the 4,576th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,840th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Artist.

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Among artists, Eric Gill ranks 93 out of 125. Before him are James Rivière, Genco Gulan, Carolee Schneemann, Renzo Eusebi, Leonid Shvartsman, and John Howe. After him are Martha Rosler, Borka Pavićević, Cassandra Austen, Art Babbitt, Edward Kienholz, and John Butler Yeats.

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Among people born in 1882, Eric Gill ranks 261. Before him are Charles Devendeville, Max Hainle, Ion Agârbiceanu, Sven Forssman, Joseph Wedderburn, and Jimmy Hogan. After him are Mustafa Subhi, Henry J. Kaiser, George van Rossem, Jaroslav Tuček, Mary Boland, and Edward Van Sloan. Among people deceased in 1940, Eric Gill ranks 180. Before him are Andrey Arkhangelsky, Bob Glendenning, George Fitzmaurice, Jacques Mairesse, Leopold Skulski, and Hendrik Marsman. After him are Ole Lilloe-Olsen, Marguerite Clark, Gabriele Possanner, Harry Stafford, Agnes von Krusenstjerna, and Johnny Dodds.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Gill ranks 4,577 out of 8,785. Before him are Kenneth More (1914), Daphne Oram (1925), John Braine (1922), John Beazley (1885), Ann Cleeves (1954), and James Robertson Justice (1907). After him are Lindsay Hoyle (1957), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1983), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), Ernest Mangnall (1866), John Foxx (1948), and Richard Sinclair (1948).

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Among ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among artists born in United Kingdom, Eric Gill ranks 7. Before him are David Hockney (1937), Banksy (1970), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), William Etty (1787), Damien Hirst (1965), and Mary Delany (1700). After him are Cassandra Austen (1773), John Butler Yeats (1839), Rachel Whiteread (1963), and Grayson Perry (1960).

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