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John Soane

1753 - 1837

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Sir John Soane (; né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professor of architecture at the Royal Academy and an official architect to the Office of Works. He received a knighthood in 1831. Soane's best-known work was the Bank of England (his work there is largely destroyed), a building which had a widespread effect on commercial architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Soane is the 403rd most popular architect (down from 363rd in 2019), the 3,585th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,967th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, John Soane ranks 403 out of 518. Before him are Shelley McNamara, Auguste de Montferrand, Baron Karl von Hasenauer, Jaap Bakema, Vasily Stasov, and Daniel Marot. After him are Juan Gómez de Mora, Denise Scott Brown, Victor Louis, Martin Wagner, Paolo Soleri, and Wilhelm Kreis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, John Soane ranks 38. Before him are Andrew Bell, Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, Nicolas Dalayrac, William Nicholson, Thomas Bewick, and Bartolina Sisa. After him are Dugald Stewart, Edward Pigott, François Levaillant, Nikolay Lvov, James McHenry, and William Beechey. Among people deceased in 1837, John Soane ranks 41. Before him are Valentino Fioravanti, Yuri Lisyansky, Étienne-Gaspard Robert, Pavel Schilling, Diego Portales, and Herman of Alaska. After him are Ayub Shah Durrani, Joseph Grimaldi, Ivan Dmitriev, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, and Edward Donovan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Soane ranks 3,586 out of 8,785. Before him are John Phillips (1800), Tommy Hampson (1907), W. J. Coffee (1774), Richard Thomas Lowe (1802), David Sylvian (1958), and Stuart McCall (1964). After him are Tom Phillips (1888), Guy Butler (1899), Stafford Cripps (1889), Fred Pentland (1883), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), and Ceol of Wessex (600).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, John Soane ranks 27. Before him are Richard Norman Shaw (1831), Charles Barry (1795), Thomas Telford (1757), Ralph Erskine (1914), Charles Cameron (1746), and John Douglas (1830). After him are Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694), Edward Blore (1787), Frederick Catherwood (1799), Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), and Richard Knill Freeman (1840).

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