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John Vanbrugh

1664 - 1726

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Sir John Vanbrugh (; 24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restoration comedies, The Relapse (1696) and The Provoked Wife (1697), which have become enduring stage favourites but originally occasioned much controversy. He was knighted in 1714. Vanbrugh was in many senses a radical throughout his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Vanbrugh is the 184th most popular architect (up from 296th in 2019), the 1,690th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,259th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, John Vanbrugh ranks 184 out of 518. Before him are Eduardo Souto de Moura, Kisho Kurokawa, Pietro Lombardo, Christian de Portzamparc, Günter Behnisch, and David Chipperfield. After him are Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Jacobus Oud, Robert Koldewey, Michael Ventris, Hans Poelzig, and Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky.

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Among people born in 1664, John Vanbrugh ranks 8. Before him are Jean Meslier, Rachel Ruysch, François Louis, Prince of Conti, Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Giulio Alberoni, and Johann Homann. After him are Praskovia Saltykova, Magnus Stenbock, Arvid Horn, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Alvise Pisani, and János Pálffy. Among people deceased in 1726, John Vanbrugh ranks 10. Before him are Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Michel Richard Delalande, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Sultan Husayn, Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and Domenico Zipoli. After him are Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Jakob Prandtauer, Guillaume Delisle, and Antonio Palomino.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Vanbrugh ranks 1,690 out of 8,785. Before him are Emilia Clarke (1986), Zara Tindall (1981), Orlando Gibbons (1583), Penda of Mercia (606), John Gurdon (1933), and Paddy Roy Bates (1921). After him are David Rose (1910), Frederick Delius (1862), John Farey Sr. (1766), Una O'Connor (1880), Renée Vivien (1877), and Edward Balliol (1283).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, John Vanbrugh ranks 12. Before him are Inigo Jones (1573), James Stirling (1926), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Robert Adam (1728), William Burges (1827), and David Chipperfield (1953). After him are Michael Ventris (1922), Nora Stanton Barney (1883), John Nash (1752), Joseph Paxton (1803), Archibald Leitch (1865), and Glenn Murcutt (1936).

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