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Henri Labrouste

1801 - 1875

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Pierre-François-Henri Labrouste (French: [pjɛʁ fʁɑ̃swa ɑ̃ʁi labrust]) (11 May 1801 – 24 June 1875) was a French architect from the famous École des Beaux-Arts school of architecture. After a six-year stay in Rome, Labrouste established an architectural training workshop, which soon became known for rationalism. He became noted for his use of iron-frame construction and was one of the first to realize the importance of its use. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Labrouste is the 242nd most popular architect (down from 200th in 2019), the 2,721st most popular biography from France (down from 2,343rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Henri Labrouste ranks 242 out of 518. Before him are Giuseppe Terragni, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Sixto Durán Ballén, Pirro Ligorio, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, and Konstantin Melnikov. After him are Joseph Paxton, Baysunghur, Max Fabiani, Gordon Bunshaft, Lambert Lombard, and Archibald Leitch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Henri Labrouste ranks 41. Before him are Johann Nestroy, Salvadore Cammarano, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Richard Parkes Bonington, Carl Jakob Sundevall, and Émile Littré. After him are Vincenzo Gioberti, Armand Trousseau, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Marie Laveau, Georgios Koletis, and Eugène Burnouf. Among people deceased in 1875, Henri Labrouste ranks 39. Before him are Gabriel García Moreno, John C. Breckinridge, Antoine-Louis Barye, Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, Carl Jakob Sundevall, and January Suchodolski. After him are Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, Edgar Quinet, Marc Seguin, Eugène Schneider, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, and Richard Christopher Carrington.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Labrouste ranks 2,721 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-François Regnard (1655), André Thevet (1516), Lupus of Troyes (395), Claude Cahun (1894), Guy Ligier (1930), and Jean Rapp (1771). After him are André Marty (1886), Pierre Magnol (1638), John III, Duke of Bavaria (1374), Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), Albert Robida (1848), and Eugène Simon (1848).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Henri Labrouste ranks 32. Before him are Quatremère de Quincy (1755), Matthias of Arras (1290), Robert de Cotte (1656), François Blondel (1618), Jean Prouvé (1901), and Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816). After him are Édouard André (1840), Tony Garnier (1869), Charles Percier (1764), Salomon de Brosse (1571), Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762), and Libéral Bruant (1636).

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