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William Dobson

1610 - 1646

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William Dobson (4 March 1611 (baptised); 28 October 1646 (buried)) was a portraitist and one of the first significant English painters, praised by his contemporary John Aubrey as "the most excellent painter that England has yet bred". He died relatively young and his final years were disrupted by the English Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Dobson is the 1,742nd most popular painter (up from 1,865th in 2019), the 3,850th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,203rd in 2019) and the 80th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, William Dobson ranks 1,742 out of 2,023Before him are László Paál, Gottfried Honegger, Vassily Maximov, Nikolay Kasatkin, Carl Frederik von Breda, and Henry Scott Tuke. After him are Jean-Paul Riopelle, Philip Guston, Morris Louis, Ditlev Blunck, Walter Leistikow, and Emmanuel Lubezki.

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Among people born in 1610, William Dobson ranks 23Before him are Jan Miense Molenaer, Albert Eckhout, Louise Moillon, Huang Zongxi, Georg Marcgrave, and Karel Škréta.  Among people deceased in 1646, William Dobson ranks 15Before him are Maria Caterina Farnese, Francesco Furini, Margherita Aldobrandini, Antonio Marcello Barberini, Francesco Erizzo, and Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex. After him is Elias Holl.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Dobson ranks 3,851 out of 8,785Before him are Frederick William Beechey (1796), Charles Jarrott (1927), John Collins (1968), Margaret Beckett (1943), Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey (1880), and Dick Gibson (1918). After him are Gary Numan (1958), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), Clint Mansell (1963), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Peter Withe (1951), and Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885).

Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, William Dobson ranks 80Before him are Margaret Mee (1909), Graham Sutherland (1903), Henry Salt (1780), Clive Bell (1881), Marie Spartali Stillman (1844), and Henry Scott Tuke (1858). After him are Frederick Sandys (1829), Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760), Peter Perez Burdett (1734), Peter Scott (1909), Ben Nicholson (1894), and Tracey Emin (1963).