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Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff

1699 - 1753

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(Hans) Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (17 February 1699 – 16 September 1753) was a painter and architect in Prussia. Knobelsdorff was born in Kuckädel, now in Krosno Odrzańskie County. A soldier in the service of Prussia, he resigned his commission in 1729 as captain so that he could pursue his interest in architecture. In 1740 he travelled to Paris and Italy to study at the expense of the new king, Frederick II of Prussia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff is the 152nd most popular architect (down from 147th in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 340th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff ranks 152 out of 518. Before him are Camillo Sitte, Dinocrates, Jacques-François Blondel, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Étienne-Louis Boullée, and Gottfried Böhm. After him are Mikhail Eisenstein, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Lina Bo Bardi, Alonzo Cano, Carlo Fontana, and Paul Troost.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1699, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff ranks 7. Before him are Christian VI of Denmark, Osman III, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Maria Josepha of Austria, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, and Johann Adolph Hasse. After him are Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, Anna Leszczyńska, Françoise-Louise de Warens, Hans Joachim von Zieten, Bernard de Jussieu, and Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1753, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff ranks 5. Before him are George Berkeley, Hans Sloane, Balthasar Neumann, and Gottfried Silbermann. After him are Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Johann Nicolaus Bach, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff ranks 353 out of 1,694. Before him are Moïse Kisling (1891), Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797), Martin Opitz (1597), Hugo Steinhaus (1887), Chaïm Perelman (1912), and Lukas Podolski (1985). After him are Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911), Muazzez Sultan (1628), Henry the Bearded (1163), Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702), Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz (1893), and Bolesław IV the Curly (1120).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Poland

Among architects born in Poland, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff ranks 4. Before him are Erich Mendelsohn (1887), Daniel Libeskind (1946), and Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732). After him are Marian Spychalski (1906), Friedrich Gilly (1772), Wojciech Zabłocki (1930), Max Berg (1870), and Elizabeth Diller (1958).

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