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Joseph Paxton

1803 - 1865

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Sir Joseph Paxton (3 August 1803 – 8 June 1865) was an English gardener, architect, engineer and Liberal Member of Parliament. He is best known for designing the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park, London to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first world's fair, and for cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most consumed banana in the Western world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Paxton is the 243rd most popular architect (down from 173rd in 2019), the 2,106th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,354th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Joseph Paxton ranks 243 out of 518. Before him are Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Sixto Durán Ballén, Pirro Ligorio, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Konstantin Melnikov, and Henri Labrouste. After him are Baysunghur, Max Fabiani, Gordon Bunshaft, Lambert Lombard, Archibald Leitch, and Giacomo Quarenghi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Joseph Paxton ranks 37. Before him are Henry Darcy, John Sutter, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Alexander von Nordmann, and Henri Herz. After him are Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Edgar Quinet, Franz Lachner, Gustaaf Wappers, Elisa Radziwiłł, and Eugène Isabey. Among people deceased in 1865, Joseph Paxton ranks 43. Before him are Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, Sengge Rinchen, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Evangelos Zappas, Rafael Carrera, and Achille Valenciennes. After him are Robert Remak, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Isabella Beeton, Adolph Kolping, Friedrich August Stüler, and Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Paxton ranks 2,106 out of 8,785. Before him are Matthew Festing (1949), Jason Isaacs (1963), Anne Lister (1791), Eric Campbell (1880), John Flaxman (1755), and Sigfrid of Sweden (1000). After him are Stephen Baxter (1957), Ian Hill (1952), Dido (1971), Laurence Doherty (1875), Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975), and Lilian Harvey (1906).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Joseph Paxton ranks 16. Before him are William Burges (1827), David Chipperfield (1953), John Vanbrugh (1664), Michael Ventris (1922), Nora Stanton Barney (1883), and John Nash (1752). After him are Archibald Leitch (1865), Glenn Murcutt (1936), William Kent (1685), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Richard Norman Shaw (1831), and Charles Barry (1795).

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