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Thomas Bewick

1753 - 1828

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Thomas Bewick (c. 11 August 1753 – 8 November 1828) was an English wood-engraver and natural history author. Early in his career he took on all kinds of work such as engraving cutlery, making the wood blocks for advertisements, and illustrating children's books. He gradually turned to illustrating, writing and publishing his own books, gaining an adult audience for the fine illustrations in A History of Quadrupeds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Bewick is the 1,620th most popular painter (up from 1,625th in 2019), the 3,395th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,130th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Painter.

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Among painters, Thomas Bewick ranks 1,620 out of 2,023. Before him are Isaac Oliver, Dirck Barendsz, Domenico di Bartolo, Valentine Hugo, Utagawa Toyokuni, and Gustaf Lundberg. After him are Oleksandr Murashko, Frank Frazetta, Fyodor Bruni, Anita Malfatti, Szymon Czechowicz, and Duncan Grant.

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Among people born in 1753, Thomas Bewick ranks 36. Before him are Edmund Randolph, Laurynas Gucevičius, Andrew Bell, Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, Nicolas Dalayrac, and William Nicholson. After him are Bartolina Sisa, John Soane, Dugald Stewart, Edward Pigott, François Levaillant, and Nikolay Lvov. Among people deceased in 1828, Thomas Bewick ranks 34. Before him are Jacques Lauriston, Rachel Jackson, Christian August Lorentzen, Eise Eisinga, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, and Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet. After him are Manuel Dorrego, Vincenzo Monti, Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Dugald Stewart, Albrecht Thaer, and Johann Christoph Wendland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Bewick ranks 3,396 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Bernays (1888), Steve McMahon (1961), Graham Swift (1949), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Joey Dunlop (1952), and Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833). After him are Carole Pateman (1940), Edith Evans (1888), Anne Treisman (1935), Thomas Gage (1719), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), and G. D. H. Cole (1889).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Thomas Bewick ranks 69. Before him are Austin Osman Spare (1886), Kate Greenaway (1846), Richard Dadd (1817), Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852), Allan Ramsay (1713), and David Allan (1744). After him are Duncan Grant (1885), Gwen John (1876), Edward Robert Hughes (1851), Thomas Moran (1837), Margaret Mee (1909), and Graham Sutherland (1903).

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