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Frederick Catherwood

1799 - 1854

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Frederick Catherwood (27 February 1799 – 27 September 1854) was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization. He explored Mesoamerica in the mid 19th century with writer John Lloyd Stephens. Their books, Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatán and Incidents of Travel in Yucatán, were best sellers and introduced to the Western world the civilization of the ancient Maya. In 1837, Catherwood was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary member. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Catherwood is the 421st most popular architect (down from 408th in 2019), the 3,857th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,397th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Architect.

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Among architects, Frederick Catherwood ranks 421 out of 518. Before him are Dankmar Adler, Edward Blore, Michel de Klerk, Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, Andrey Voronikhin, and Kaare Klint. After him are Enric Miralles, Ventura Rodríguez, Hermann Bollé, Momik, Alessandro Antonelli, and Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah.

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Among people born in 1799, Frederick Catherwood ranks 53. Before him are David Don, Heinrich von Gagern, Nathaniel Palmer, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, George Finlay, and František Čelakovský. After him are Amos Bronson Alcott, Edward Belcher, Henry Monnier, William Rutter Dawes, Avdotia Istomina, and James Prinsep. Among people deceased in 1854, Frederick Catherwood ranks 57. Before him are Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, Karl Ludwig von Haller, Angelo Mai, and José Joaquín Prieto. After him are Pedro María de Anaya, Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov, Josipina Turnograjska, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, and Justo Figuerola.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Catherwood ranks 3,858 out of 8,785. Before him are Gary Numan (1958), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), Clint Mansell (1963), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Peter Withe (1951), and Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885). After him are Kenneth MacMillan (1929), Ken Stott (1954), Christina Pickles (1935), Everard Home (1756), Ernest Belfort Bax (1854), and William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Frederick Catherwood ranks 30. Before him are Ralph Erskine (1914), Charles Cameron (1746), John Douglas (1830), John Soane (1753), Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694), and Edward Blore (1787). After him are Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), Richard Knill Freeman (1840), Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764), Kenneth Frampton (1930), and Nicholas Grimshaw (1939).

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