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James Stirling

1926 - 1992

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Sir James Frazer Stirling (22 April 1926 – 25 June 1992) was a British architect. Stirling worked in partnership with James Gowan from 1956 to 1963, then with Michael Wilford from 1971 until 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Stirling is the 128th most popular architect (up from 132nd in 2019), the 1,250th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,044th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Architect.

James Stirling was a British architect who is most famous for designing the Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, Germany.

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Among architects, James Stirling ranks 128 out of 518. Before him are Amenhotep, son of Hapu, Eliel Saarinen, Balthasar Neumann, Inigo Jones, Filippo Juvarra, and Francesco di Giorgio Martini. After him are Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Sverre Fehn, Gunnar Asplund, Aino Aalto, Pier Luigi Nervi, and Philibert de l'Orme.

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Among people born in 1926, James Stirling ranks 103. Before him are Hans Werner Henze, David C. H. Austin, Francisco Rabal, László Papp, Cloris Leachman, and Kim Jong-pil. After him are Alan Greenspan, Gus Grissom, Joshua Fishman, Shohei Imamura, John Berger, and Joachim Fest. Among people deceased in 1992, James Stirling ranks 55. Before him are H. L. A. Hart, Chris McCandless, Jean-Claude Pascal, James E. Webb, José Ferrer, and Lev Gumilyov. After him are Denholm Elliott, Arletty, John Sturges, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Rihei Sano, and Judith Anderson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Stirling ranks 1,250 out of 8,785. Before him are Judith of Flanders (844), Roy Hodgson (1947), W. O. Bentley (1888), John Dunstaple (1390), John Haigh (1909), and Jeremiah Horrocks (1618). After him are Louisa Adams (1775), Robert Browning (1812), Stephen Hales (1677), Ann Jones (1938), John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718), and Leopold Stokowski (1882).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, James Stirling ranks 7. Before him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Christopher Wren (1632), Augustus Pugin (1812), Capability Brown (1716), George Gilbert Scott (1811), and Inigo Jones (1573). After him are Ebenezer Howard (1850), Robert Adam (1728), William Burges (1827), David Chipperfield (1953), John Vanbrugh (1664), and Michael Ventris (1922).

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