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Richard Knill Freeman

1840 - 1904

Richard Knill Freeman

Richard Knill Freeman (1840, Stepney, London – 24 June 1904) was a British architect who began his career at Derby and moved to Bolton, Lancashire in the late 1860s. His work, in Victorian Gothic style and typically recalling the Decorated Period of later medieval architecture, can be seen in several cities and towns across the north of England. He worked in total on about 140 buildings, of which about half survive in some form. Freeman was a fellow of the Manchester Society of Architects and president of that Society from 1890 to 1891. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Knill Freeman is the 455th most popular architect (up from 471st in 2019), the 4,331st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,495th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Richard Knill Freeman ranks 455 out of 518. Before him are Julia Morgan, Kolyu Ficheto, Nikolay Lvov, Kiyonori Kikutake, Ferdinand Boberg, and Alexander Kokorinov. After him are Alejandro Aravena, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Anne Lacaton, Cass Gilbert, Jan Kaplický, and Kenneth Frampton.

Most Popular Architects in Wikipedia

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Julia Morgan
1872 - 1957
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 449
Kolyu Ficheto
1800 - 1881
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 450
Nikolay Lvov
1753 - 1803
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 451
Kiyonori Kikutake
1928 - 2011
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 452
Ferdinand Boberg
1860 - 1946
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 453
Alexander Kokorinov
1726 - 1772
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 454
Richard Knill Freeman
1840 - 1904
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 455
Alejandro Aravena
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 456
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
1764 - 1820
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 457
Anne Lacaton
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 458
Cass Gilbert
1859 - 1934
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 459
Jan Kaplický
1937 - 2009
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 460
Kenneth Frampton
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 461

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Richard Knill Freeman ranks 88. Before him are Émile Lemoine, Iakob Gogebashvili, John Philip Holland, Franz Mertens, Édouard Vaillant, and Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie. After him are Simeon Solomon, Ghazaros Aghayan, Sophia Jex-Blake, Jakub Arbes, American Horse, and Isabella Stewart Gardner. Among people deceased in 1904, Richard Knill Freeman ranks 86. Before him are Marcus Goldman, Frederick Sandys, Miltiadis Gouskos, Princess Marie of Hanover, George Salmon, and Otto von Böhtlingk. After him are Andrei Ryabushkin, Nikiforos Lytras, Martin Johnson Heade, Isaac Roberts, Frances Power Cobbe, and John Bell Hatcher.

Others Born in 1840

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Émile Lemoine
ENGINEER
1840 - 1912
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 82
Iakob Gogebashvili
WRITER
1840 - 1912
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 83
John Philip Holland
INVENTOR
1840 - 1914
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 84
Franz Mertens
MATHEMATICIAN
1840 - 1927
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 85
Édouard Vaillant
EXTREMIST
1840 - 1915
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 86
Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie
WRITER
1840 - 1913
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 87
Richard Knill Freeman
ARCHITECT
1840 - 1904
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 88
Simeon Solomon
PAINTER
1840 - 1905
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 89
Ghazaros Aghayan
WRITER
1840 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 90
Sophia Jex-Blake
PHYSICIAN
1840 - 1912
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 91
Jakub Arbes
WRITER
1840 - 1914
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 92
American Horse
HISTORIAN
1840 - 1908
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 93
Isabella Stewart Gardner
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1840 - 1924
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 94