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John Tenniel

1820 - 1914

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John Tenniel (; 28 February 1820 – 25 February 1914) was an English illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. An alumnus of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, he was knighted for artistic achievements in 1893, the first such honour ever bestowed on an illustrator or cartoonist. Tenniel is remembered mainly as the principal political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years and for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Tenniel is the 465th most popular painter (up from 560th in 2019), the 1,126th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,089th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Painter.

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Among painters, John Tenniel ranks 465 out of 2,023. Before him are Enrique Simonet, Jules Chéret, Cristofano Allori, Henryk Siemiradzki, Jacopo de' Barbari, and Hans Makart. After him are Giulio Clovio, Lyubov Popova, Abraham Brueghel, Gu Kaizhi, Anna Boch, and Mi Fu.

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Among people born in 1820, John Tenniel ranks 21. Before him are Susan B. Anthony, Lewis A. Swift, Heungseon Daewongun, Božena Němcová, John Tyndall, and Mathilde Bonaparte. After him are William Tecumseh Sherman, Yaqub Beg, Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, Édouard Roche, Şevkefza Kadın, and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Among people deceased in 1914, John Tenniel ranks 26. Before him are Alexander Samsonov, Alphonse Bertillon, Ambrose Bierce, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Alain-Fournier, and Charles Péguy. After him are Joseph Chamberlain, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Anatoly Lyadov, Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Georges Picquart, and Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Tenniel ranks 1,126 out of 8,785. Before him are Roy Harper (1941), Mike Newell (1942), John Gray (1948), Dave Mackay (1934), George Gilbert Scott (1811), and William Carey (1761). After him are Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484), George Vancouver (1757), Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1893), Philippa of England (1394), Arthur Drewry (1891), and Stewart Granger (1913).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, John Tenniel ranks 14. Before him are Edwin Landseer (1802), Joshua Reynolds (1723), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Louis Wain (1860), William Holman Hunt (1827), and Leonora Carrington (1917). After him are Richard Hamilton (1922), Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864), Thomas Lawrence (1769), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), Edmund Leighton (1852), and Jack Butler Yeats (1871).

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