RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Isabella Stewart Gardner

1840 - 1924

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Isabella Stewart Gardner (April 14, 1840 – July 17, 1924) was an American art collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. She founded the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Gardner was noted for her intellectual curiosity and love of travel. She was a friend of noted artists and writers of the day, including John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, Dennis Miller Bunker, Anders Zorn, Henry James, Dodge MacKnight, Okakura Kakuzō and Francis Marion Crawford. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Isabella Stewart Gardner is the 3,008th most popular religious figure (down from 2,911th in 2024), the 10,928th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,583rd in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Isabella Stewart Gardner ranks 3,007 out of 3,187Before her are Joseph F. Smith, Sin-Iddinam, Blanche Barton, Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat, and Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla. After her are Desmond Connell, Dan Osman, Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Edward Egan, Epiphanius I of Ukraine, and Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Isabella Stewart Gardner ranks 94Before her are Richard Knill Freeman, Simeon Solomon, Ghazaros Aghayan, Sophia Jex-Blake, Jakub Arbes, and American Horse. After her are John Stainer, and John Addington Symonds. Among people deceased in 1924, Isabella Stewart Gardner ranks 129Before her are Victor Herbert, Louise Rayner, Rafael López Gutiérrez, Maurice Prendergast, Sándor Bródy, and Henry Cabot Lodge. After her are Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Samuel Gompers, Sabine Baring-Gould, and Cecil Sharp.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Isabella Stewart Gardner ranks 10,927 out of 20,380Before her are Dave Sheridan (1969), John Sedgwick (1813), and Ted Kaufman (1939). After her are Hoyt Axton (1938), Jon Oliva (1959), Florence La Badie (1888), Taylor Dayne (1962), John Bartram (1699), Van Williams (1934), Jason Lewis (1971), Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924), and Jonathan Harris (1914).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Isabella Stewart Gardner ranks 100Before her are James J. Martin (1960), Katharine Drexel (1858), John T. Scopes (1900), John McCloskey (1810), Joseph F. Smith (1838), and Blanche Barton (1961). After her are Dan Osman (1963), Edward Egan (1932), William Cameron Townsend (1896), James Aloysius Hickey (1920), Lillian Disney (1899), and David Miscavige (1960).