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Karl Friedrich Schinkel

1781 - 1841

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Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 – 9 October 1841) was a Prussian architect, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed both Neoclassical and neo-Gothic buildings. His most famous buildings are found in and around Berlin. Schinkel's Bauakademie is considered one of the forerunners of modern architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Friedrich Schinkel is the 27th most popular architect (up from 31st in 2019), the 328th most popular biography from Germany (down from 327th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Architect.

Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a German architect and painter. He is most famous for the design of the Schauspielhaus in Berlin, the Altes Museum in Berlin, and the Neues Museum in Berlin.

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Among architects, Karl Friedrich Schinkel ranks 27 out of 518. Before him are Francesco Borromini, Apollodorus of Damascus, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Renzo Piano, Otto Wagner, and Frank Gehry. After him are Victor Horta, André Le Nôtre, Adolf Loos, Santiago Calatrava, Carlo Maderno, and Henry van de Velde.

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Among people born in 1781, Karl Friedrich Schinkel ranks 4. Before him are George Stephenson, Eugène de Beauharnais, and Bernard Bolzano. After him are Siméon Denis Poisson, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, René Laennec, Adelbert von Chamisso, David Brewster, Stamford Raffles, William I of Württemberg, and Achim von Arnim. Among people deceased in 1841, Karl Friedrich Schinkel ranks 5. Before him are Nicolas Appert, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Mikhail Lermontov, and William Henry Harrison. After him are Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Caroline of Baden, George Green, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Friedrich Sertürner, Johan August Arfwedson, and Félix Savart.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Friedrich Schinkel ranks 328 out of 7,253. Before him are Bertha Benz (1849), Katharina von Bora (1498), Richard Dedekind (1831), Carl Bosch (1874), Erich Hartmann (1922), and Carl Zeiss (1816). After him are Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Wilhelm Frick (1877), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Gustav Stresemann (1878), and Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Karl Friedrich Schinkel ranks 4. Before him are Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886), Albert Speer (1905), and Walter Gropius (1883). After him are Peter Behrens (1868), Arno Breker (1900), Albert Speer (1934), Peter Parler (1330), Frei Otto (1925), Gottfried Semper (1803), Leo von Klenze (1784), and Hans Scharoun (1893).

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