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Friedrich Gilly

1772 - 1800

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Friedrich David Gilly (16 February 1772 – 3 August 1800) was a German architect and the son of the architect David Gilly. His works are influenced by revolutionary architecture (Revolutionsarchitektur). Born in Altdamm, Pomerania, (today Dąbie, district of Szczecin, Poland), Gilly was known as a prodigy and the teacher of the young Karl Friedrich Schinkel. In 1788 he enrolled at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Gilly is the 307th most popular architect (down from 292nd in 2019), the 697th most popular biography from Poland (down from 674th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Polish Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Friedrich Gilly ranks 307 out of 518. Before him are Konstantin Thon, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, Trdat, Jakob Prandtauer, Heinrich von Ferstel, and Joseph Poelaert. After him are Giovanni da Udine, Ernst Ziller, Ernst May, Sándor Tarics, Anca Petrescu, and Paul Wallot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Friedrich Gilly ranks 34. Before him are Caesar Augustus Rodney, Gerhard von Kügelgen, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Luke Howard, and Solomon II of Imereti. After him are Manuel José Quintana, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, Cristóbal Mendoza, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Hồ Xuân Hương, and Vicente López Portaña. Among people deceased in 1800, Friedrich Gilly ranks 23. Before him are François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Jean-Étienne Championnet, Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Joseph de Guignes, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, and Koca Yusuf Pasha. After him are Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, William Cowper, Michael Denis, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, and Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Friedrich Gilly ranks 697 out of 1,694. Before him are Duchess Frederica of Württemberg (1765), Yakov Perelman (1882), Maria Wirtemberska (1768), Jadwiga of Kalisz (1266), Ursula Happe (1926), and Józef Szmidt (1935). After him are Matthias Habich (1940), Karl Otfried Müller (1797), Czesław Kiszczak (1925), Ernst Wiechert (1887), Zenon Grocholewski (1939), and Stefan Rowecki (1895).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Poland

Among architects born in Poland, Friedrich Gilly ranks 6. Before him are Erich Mendelsohn (1887), Daniel Libeskind (1946), Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732), Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (1699), and Marian Spychalski (1906). After him are Wojciech Zabłocki (1930), Max Berg (1870), and Elizabeth Diller (1958).

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