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John Collier

1850 - 1934

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John Maler Collier (; 27 January 1850 – 11 April 1934) was an English painter and writer. He painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style, and was one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation. Both of his marriages were to daughters of Thomas Henry Huxley. He was educated at Eton College, and he studied painting in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens and at the Munich Academy starting in 1875. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Collier is the 238th most popular painter (up from 848th in 2019), the 606th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,645th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Painter.

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Among painters, John Collier ranks 238 out of 2,023. Before him are Domenichino, Zdzisław Beksiński, Gabriele Münter, Pisanello, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, and Simon Vouet. After him are Jan van Goyen, Saskia van Uylenburgh, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, George Grosz, August Macke, and Jacopo Bassano.

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Among people born in 1850, John Collier ranks 13. Before him are Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Edward Smith, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Eduard Bernstein, Hermann Ebbinghaus, and Charles Richet. After him are Mihai Eminescu, Pierre Loti, Luigi Cadorna, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Oliver Heaviside, and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. Among people deceased in 1934, John Collier ranks 18. Before him are Sergey Kirov, Engelbert Dollfuss, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Gregor Strasser, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and John Dillinger. After him are Gustav Holst, Tōgō Heihachirō, Augusto César Sandino, Charley Patton, Louis Barthou, and Marinus van der Lubbe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Collier ranks 606 out of 8,785. Before him are William Oughtred (1574), Tim Curry (1946), Charles Dance (1946), Ronald Coase (1910), Philip Sclater (1829), and John E. Walker (1941). After him are Andrew Huxley (1917), Peter Gabriel (1950), Jonathan Pryce (1947), David II of Scotland (1324), Edwin of Northumbria (586), and John Flamsteed (1646).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, John Collier ranks 7. Before him are J. M. W. Turner (1775), Frederic Leighton (1830), William Hogarth (1697), John Constable (1776), John Everett Millais (1829), and Thomas Gainsborough (1727). After him are Edwin Landseer (1802), Joshua Reynolds (1723), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Louis Wain (1860), William Holman Hunt (1827), and Leonora Carrington (1917).

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