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Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington

1694 - 1753

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Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (25 April 1694 – 4 December 1753) was a British architect and politician often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl". The son of the 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Earl of Cork, Burlington never took more than a passing interest in politics despite his position as a Privy Counsellor and a member of both the British House of Lords and the Irish House of Lords. His great interests in life were architecture and landscaping, and he is remembered for being a builder and a patron of architects, craftsmen and landscapers, Indeed, he is credited with bringing Palladian architecture to Britain and Ireland. His major projects include Burlington House, Westminster School, Chiswick House and Northwick Park. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington is the 413th most popular architect (up from 429th in 2019), the 3,713th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,711th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington ranks 413 out of 518. Before him are Martin Wagner, Paolo Soleri, Wilhelm Kreis, Aurelio Galfetti, Léon Krier, and Ragnar Östberg. After him are Jan Wils, Dankmar Adler, Edward Blore, Michel de Klerk, Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, and Andrey Voronikhin.

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Among people born in 1694, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington ranks 22. Before him are Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Augustine Washington, Charles-Antoine Coypel, Daniel Gran, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, and Hans Adolph Brorson. After him are Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and George Edwards. Among people deceased in 1753, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington ranks 12. Before him are Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Johann Nicolaus Bach, and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington ranks 3,714 out of 8,785. Before him are Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (1997), John Steel (1941), Vic Buckingham (1915), Alicia Markova (1910), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), and David Frost (1939). After him are Ray Reardon (1932), Havergal Brian (1876), Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745), John Marshall (1876), Tyson Fury (1988), and Karim Ahmad Khan (1970).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington ranks 28. Before him are Charles Barry (1795), Thomas Telford (1757), Ralph Erskine (1914), Charles Cameron (1746), John Douglas (1830), and John Soane (1753). After him are Edward Blore (1787), Frederick Catherwood (1799), Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), Richard Knill Freeman (1840), and Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764).

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