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Felice Beato

1832 - 1909

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Felice Beato (c. 1832 – 29 January 1909), also known as Felix Beato, was an Italian–British photographer. He was one of the first people to take photographs in East Asia and one of the first war photographers. He is noted for his genre works, portraits, and views and panoramas of the architecture and landscapes of Asia and the Mediterranean region. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Felice Beato is the 13th most popular photographer (up from 14th in 2019), the 1,386th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,224th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Photographer.

Felice Beato was a photographer who traveled to the Middle East and Asia in the 1870s and 1880s. He is most famous for his photographs of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Felice Beato ranks 13 out of 148. Before him are Dora Maar, Alexander Rodchenko, Vivian Maier, Robert Doisneau, Oliviero Toscani, and Julia Margaret Cameron. After him are Annie Leibovitz, Brassaï, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Yousuf Karsh, Nobuyoshi Araki, and Elliott Erwitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Felice Beato ranks 23. Before him are Andrew Dickson White, George, King of Saxony, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, Jules Ferry, and Osman Nuri Pasha. After him are Alfred von Waldersee, Émile Gaboriau, Wilhelm Busch, Michel Bréal, Louis Paul Cailletet, and William Le Baron Jenney. Among people deceased in 1909, Felice Beato ranks 19. Before him are Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Besarion Jughashvili, Zinovy Rozhestvensky, Francisco Ferrer, Emil Erlenmeyer, and Carlos, Duke of Madrid. After him are Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Arnold Janssen, Red Cloud, Paul Gachet, Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, and Oliver Otis Howard.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Felice Beato ranks 1,386 out of 5,161. Before him are Julia (-190), Andrea Cesalpino (1519), Dicaearchus (-350), Carlo Maria Viganò (1941), Liliana Cavani (1933), and Cristofano Allori (1577). After him are Andrea della Robbia (1435), Jacopo de' Barbari (1460), Authari (540), Frederick IV, Duke of Austria (1382), Tito Gobbi (1913), and Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Italy

Among photographers born in Italy, Felice Beato ranks 2. Before him are Oliviero Toscani (1942). After him are Paolo Monti (1908), and Adolfo Farsari (1841).

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