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James Gibbs

1682 - 1754

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James Gibbs (23 December 1682 – 5 August 1754) was a Scottish architect. Born in Aberdeen, he trained as an architect in Rome, and practised mainly in England. He is an important figure whose work spanned the transition between English Baroque architecture and Georgian architecture heavily influenced by Andrea Palladio. Among his most important works are St Martin-in-the-Fields (at Trafalgar Square), the cylindrical, domed Radcliffe Camera at Oxford University, and the Senate House at Cambridge University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Gibbs is the 475th most popular architect (up from 479th in 2019), the 4,790th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,775th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, James Gibbs ranks 475 out of 518. Before him are Ryue Nishizawa, William Adam, Alfred Mosher Butts, Rudolph Schindler, Mikhail Zemtsov, and Gunnar Birkerts. After him are Zivar bey Ahmadbeyov, Otto Bartning, Patricia Urquiola, Alexander Wittek, Ivan Fomin, and Arnold Bode.

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Among people born in 1682, James Gibbs ranks 22. Before him are Johann Jacob Bach, Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, John Hadley, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, Christian Ferdinand Abel, and Jean-Joseph Mouret.  Among people deceased in 1754, James Gibbs ranks 18. Before him are Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Edward Cave, Nicolai Eigtved, Wu Jingzi, Philippe Néricault Destouches, and Friedrich von Hagedorn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Gibbs ranks 4,791 out of 8,785. Before him are Danny Blanchflower (1926), William of Newburgh (1130), Ian McLagan (1945), Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847), James Prinsep (1799), and Topper Headon (1955). After him are Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Gordon Pirie (1931), Joe Orton (1933), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), Sebastian Cabot (1918), and Benjamin White (1997).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, James Gibbs ranks 40. Before him are Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764), Kenneth Frampton (1930), Nicholas Grimshaw (1939), Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661), James Wyatt (1746), and William Adam (1689). After him are Calvert Vaux (1824), Robert Smirke (1780), Peter Cook (1936), Joseph Pickford (1736), Aston Webb (1849), and Benjamin Mountfort (1825).

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