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Louis Sullivan

1856 - 1924

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Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School. Along with Wright and Henry Hobson Richardson, Sullivan is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture." The phrase "form follows function" is attributed to him; it encapsulated earlier theories of architecture and he applied them to the modern age of the skyscraper. In 1944, Sullivan was the second architect to posthumously receive the AIA Gold Medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Sullivan is the 15th most popular architect (up from 17th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from United States (up from 190th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Architect.

Louis Sullivan is most famous for his design of the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building in Chicago, Illinois.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Louis Sullivan ranks 15 out of 518. Before him are Donato Bramante, Imhotep, Andrea Palladio, Albert Speer, Leon Battista Alberti, and Buckminster Fuller. After him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Zaha Hadid, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Francesco Borromini.

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Among people born in 1856, Louis Sullivan ranks 8. Before him are Sigmund Freud, J. J. Thomson, George Bernard Shaw, Philippe Pétain, Woodrow Wilson, and Archduchess Gisela of Austria. After him are Frederick Winslow Taylor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Emil Kraepelin, Georgi Plekhanov, and Robert Peary. Among people deceased in 1924, Louis Sullivan ranks 6. Before him are Vladimir Lenin, Franz Kafka, Giacomo Puccini, Anatole France, and Woodrow Wilson. After him are Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Joseph Conrad, Gabriel Fauré, Alfred Marshall, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Sullivan ranks 156 out of 20,380. Before him are Harvey Weinstein (1952), Will Smith (1968), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), John Dewey (1859), William R. King (1786), and Buckminster Fuller (1895). After him are William Faulkner (1897), James Dean (1931), Steven Seagal (1952), Kirk Douglas (1916), Tina Turner (1939), and John Wayne (1907).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Louis Sullivan ranks 2. Before him are Buckminster Fuller (1895). After him are Frank Lloyd Wright (1867), Richard Meier (1934), Philip Johnson (1906), Robert Venturi (1925), Minoru Yamasaki (1912), Peter Eisenman (1932), William Le Baron Jenney (1832), Charles Eames (1907), Nicholas Negroponte (1943), and Adrian Smith (1944).

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