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Julia Morgan

1872 - 1957

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Julia Morgan (January 20, 1872 – February 2, 1957) was an American architect and engineer. She designed more than 700 buildings in California during a long and prolific career. She is best known for her work on Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California. Morgan was the first woman to be admitted to the architecture program at l'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the first woman architect licensed in California. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julia Morgan is the 449th most popular architect (up from 468th in 2019), the 8,278th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,458th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Julia Morgan ranks 449 out of 518. Before her are Leon Benois, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Vasily Bazhenov, Johann Friedrich Höger, Charles Robert Cockerell, and Paolo Portoghesi. After her are Kolyu Ficheto, Nikolay Lvov, Kiyonori Kikutake, Ferdinand Boberg, Alexander Kokorinov, and Richard Knill Freeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Julia Morgan ranks 172. Before her are Anna von Mildenburg, Otto Bahr Halvorsen, Alice Salomon, Joseph Barcroft, Nikolai Panin, and José María Orellana. After her are Horace Rice, Léon Delagrange, Ivar Lykke, Joseph Rosemeyer, Dimitrios Drivas, and Jonas Vileišis. Among people deceased in 1957, Julia Morgan ranks 189. Before her are José Patricio Guggiari, Gaston Aumoitte, Percy Hobart, Ernesto Chaparro, Mark Aldanov, and Wyndham Lewis. After her are James M. Cox, Guillaume Grandidier, William Murrill, Grigory Landsberg, Ken Wharton, and José Nehin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julia Morgan ranks 8,280 out of 20,380. Before her are Greg Germann (1958), Kelly Curtis (1956), Peter Facinelli (1973), Joe Alaskey (1952), Titus O'Neil (1977), and Alexandra Paul (1963). After her are Rhyno (1975), George Underwood (1884), Frederick Seitz (1911), C. E. Ruthenberg (1882), Kevin Sussman (1970), and Margaret E. Knight (1838).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Julia Morgan ranks 25. Before her are Michael Graves (1934), Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), Charles Jencks (1939), Daniel Burnham (1846), Walter Burley Griffin (1876), and John Hejduk (1929). After her are Cass Gilbert (1859), Robert Moses (1888), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), Richard Morris Hunt (1827), and Robert A. M. Stern (1939).

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