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Robert Adam

1728 - 1792

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Robert Adam (3 July 1728 – 3 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his older brother John, Robert took on the family business, which included lucrative work for the Board of Ordnance, after William's death. In 1754, he left for Rome, spending nearly five years on the continent studying architecture under Charles-Louis Clérisseau and Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Adam is the 164th most popular architect (down from 158th in 2019), the 1,550th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,253rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Architect.

Robert Adam is most famous for his neoclassical architecture. He is credited with being the founder of the neoclassical movement in architecture.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Robert Adam ranks 164 out of 518. Before him are Paul Troost, Charlotte Perriand, Eero Saarinen, Ebenezer Howard, Carl Ludvig Engel, and Josep Puig i Cadafalch. After him are Jean Chalgrin, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Paul Andreu, Jacob van Campen, Carlo Rainaldi, and Hassan Fathy.

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Among people born in 1728, Robert Adam ranks 14. Before him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Antoine Baumé, Samuel Wallis, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Étienne-Louis Boullée, and Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Ali Bey al-Kabir, Oliver Goldsmith, Hiraga Gennai, Johann Adam Hiller, John Hunter, and Matthew Boulton. Among people deceased in 1792, Robert Adam ranks 18. Before him are George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Tiradentes, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Joseph Martin Kraus, and Denis Fonvizin. After him are Jacques Cazotte, Nguyễn Huệ, Johann Andreas Stein, Legall de Kermeur, Maximilian Hell, and Antonio Rosetti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Adam ranks 1,550 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), Henry Gray (1827), Idris Elba (1972), Herbert Chapman (1878), Jeremy Hunt (1966), and Jack Butler Yeats (1871). After him are Havelock Ellis (1859), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Robert Stephenson (1803), Jack Bruce (1943), George Cayley (1773), and Guy Pearce (1967).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Robert Adam ranks 9. Before him are Augustus Pugin (1812), Capability Brown (1716), George Gilbert Scott (1811), Inigo Jones (1573), James Stirling (1926), and Ebenezer Howard (1850). After him are William Burges (1827), David Chipperfield (1953), John Vanbrugh (1664), Michael Ventris (1922), Nora Stanton Barney (1883), and John Nash (1752).

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