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Michel de Klerk

1884 - 1923

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Michel de Klerk (24 November 1884 – 24 November 1923) was a Dutch architect. Born to a Jewish family, he was one of the founding architects of the movement Amsterdam School, a part of the larger Expressionist movement. Early in his career he worked for other architects, including Eduard Cuypers. For a while, he also employed the Indonesian-born Liem Bwan Tjie, who later became his country's most notable proponent of the Amsterdam School and modern architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel de Klerk is the 417th most popular architect (down from 398th in 2019), the 736th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 701st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Dutch Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Michel de Klerk ranks 417 out of 518. Before him are Léon Krier, Ragnar Östberg, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, Jan Wils, Dankmar Adler, and Edward Blore. After him are Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, Andrey Voronikhin, Kaare Klint, Frederick Catherwood, Enric Miralles, and Ventura Rodríguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Michel de Klerk ranks 186. Before him are A. Merritt, Vadym Meller, Georg Zacharias, Louis Abell, József Rády, and Olle Lanner. After him are Fumio Gotō, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Kostas Varnalis, Frithiof Mårtensson, Georgi Kyoseivanov, and León Felipe. Among people deceased in 1923, Michel de Klerk ranks 95. Before him are Georg von Rosen, Gustav Lindau, Wilhelm Killing, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Tage Reedtz-Thott, and Tomás Bretón. After him are Dmitry Anuchin, Hermann Möller, Ōsugi Sakae, Georg Marco, Guy de la Chapelle, and Otto Bahr Halvorsen.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Michel de Klerk ranks 736 out of 1,646. Before him are Pieter de Grebber (1600), Marleen Gorris (1948), Anna Enquist (1945), Ben Pon (1936), Denzel Dumfries (1996), and André Hazes (1951). After him are Edo de Waart (1941), Jan Heemskerk (1818), Henri Frankfort (1897), Thomas van Erpe (1584), Sigrid Kaag (1961), and Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Netherlands

Among architects born in Netherlands, Michel de Klerk ranks 15. Before him are Salomon de Bray (1597), Pierre Cuypers (1827), Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), Tylman van Gameren (1632), Jaap Bakema (1914), and Jan Wils (1891).

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