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Ernst May

1886 - 1970

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Ernst Georg May (27 July 1886 – 11 September 1970) was a German architect and city planner. May successfully applied urban design techniques to the city of Frankfurt am Main during the Weimar Republic period, and in 1930 less successfully exported those ideas to Soviet Union cities, newly created under Stalinist rule. It is said May's "brigade" of German architects and planners established twenty cities in three years, including Magnitogorsk. May's travels left him stateless when the Nazis seized power in Germany, and he spent many years in African exile before returning to Germany near the end of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst May is the 310th most popular architect (down from 297th in 2019), the 3,375th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,261st in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ernst May ranks 310 out of 518. Before him are Jakob Prandtauer, Heinrich von Ferstel, Joseph Poelaert, Friedrich Gilly, Giovanni da Udine, and Ernst Ziller. After him are Sándor Tarics, Anca Petrescu, Paul Wallot, Carlo Rossi, Ineni, and Heinrich Tessenow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Ernst May ranks 157. Before him are Rebecca Clarke, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Malak Hifni Nasif, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, August Rei, and Mikhail Tereshchenko. After him are Othmar Schoeck, Dimitri Uznadze, Divna Veković, Kálmán Darányi, Al Jolson, and Chester Barnard. Among people deceased in 1970, Ernst May ranks 143. Before him are Henri Queuille, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Heino Eller, Alla Horska, A. H. M. Jones, and René Schneider. After him are Nathan Alterman, Giuseppe Pizzardo, Terry Sawchuk, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Kurt Feldt, and Alf Prøysen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst May ranks 3,377 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Walter (1496), Karl Valentin (1882), Conrad II, Duke of Bavaria (1052), Klaus Wowereit (1953), Ulf Kirsten (1965), and Ernst Ziller (1837). After him are Henry I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (1070), Heinrich Bach (1615), Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1887), Edgar Jung (1894), Adolf Furtwängler (1853), and Philipp von Boeselager (1917).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Ernst May ranks 35. Before him are Jacques Ignace Hittorff (1792), Werner March (1894), Helmut Jahn (1940), Friedrich von Gärtner (1791), Dominikus Zimmermann (1685), and Ernst Ziller (1837). After him are Paul Wallot (1841), Heinrich Tessenow (1876), Carl Humann (1839), Albert Kahn (1869), Peter Joseph Lenné (1789), and Rudolf Wolters (1903).

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