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Gottfried Semper

1803 - 1879

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Gottfried Semper (German: [ˈɡɔtfʁiːt ˈzɛmpɐ]; 29 November 1803 – 15 May 1879) was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. In 1849 he took part in the May Uprising in Dresden and was put on the government's wanted list. He fled first to Zürich and later to London. He returned to Germany after the 1862 amnesty granted to the revolutionaries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gottfried Semper is the 96th most popular architect (down from 87th in 2019), the 973rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 846th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Architect.

Gottfried Semper is most famous for being a German architect who designed the Semper Opera House in Dresden, Germany.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Gottfried Semper ranks 96 out of 518. Before him are Daniel Libeskind, Senenmut, Frei Otto, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Hector Guimard, and Mnesikles. After him are Joseph Maria Olbrich, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Luis Barragán, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, and Claude Nicolas Ledoux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Gottfried Semper ranks 13. Before him are Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Adolphe Adam, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Albrecht von Roon, Flora Tristan, and Maria Teresa of Savoy. After him are Fyodor Tyutchev, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, and James Brooke. Among people deceased in 1879, Gottfried Semper ranks 11. Before him are Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Adolf Anderssen, Albrecht von Roon, Rowland Hill, Thomas Couture, and Maria Teresa of Savoy. After him are Charles De Coster, Julia Margaret Cameron, Ludwig Reichenbach, August Grisebach, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, and Jón Sigurðsson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gottfried Semper ranks 973 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722), Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), Josef Terboven (1898), Josef Albers (1888), and Julius Schreck (1898). After him are Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715), and Hans Scholl (1918).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Gottfried Semper ranks 10. Before him are Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), Peter Behrens (1868), Arno Breker (1900), Albert Speer (1934), Peter Parler (1330), and Frei Otto (1925). After him are Leo von Klenze (1784), Hans Scharoun (1893), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), Gottfried Böhm (1920), Paul Troost (1878), and Carl Ludvig Engel (1778).

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