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Walter Gropius
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Walter Gropius

German-American architect (1883–1969)

Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He was a founder of Bauhaus in Weimar and taught there for several years, becoming known as a leading proponent of the International Style. Gropius emigrated from Germany to England in 1934 and from England to the United States in 1937, where he spent much of the rest of his life teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In the United States he worked on several projects with Marcel Breuer and with the firm The Architects Collaborative, of which he was a founding partner. In 1959, he won the AIA Gold Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in architecture.

Walter Gropius was born on Friday, 18. May 1883.
That was day 138 of the year 1883.

Past away on Samstag July 5, 1969

Age when dead:
86 Jahre 1 Monate 17 Tage

Next birthday would be:
Monday May 18, 1970

Walter Gropius is already dead since:
56 Jahre 4 Monate 17 Tage

Walter Gropius was alive for 31458 days.
Walter Gropius is already dead for 20594 days.
Difference: 10864 days (29,74 years).

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Did you know? Walter Gropius is ...

  • » 4444 days older than Xu Beihong (Born: 19.07.1895)

Lost Generation

Period: 1883 ‐ 1900

At 86 years, Walter Gropius belongs to the "Lost Generation". Well-known figures of this generation include Max Horkheimer, Norman Rockwell und Walter Baade.

Astrology

Zodiac

♉ Taurus

(April 21, 1883 - May 20, 1883)

Life Number

7

(Likeable, loving, changeable)

Zodiac sign

Goat

(April 21, 1883 - May 20, 1883)

Birthstone

Emerald

(Love, rebirth, wisdom)

Age in absolute numbers

Since Walter Gropius was born...

2.718.057.208 Seconds
45.300.953 Minutes
755.015 Hours
31.458 Days
4.494 Weeks
1710 Months
86 Years
8.61 Decades
0.86 Centuries

On June 26, 2028 would be Walter Gropius exactly 53000 days old.
On September 12, 2036 would be Walter Gropius exactly 8000 weeks old.

By the way: Since you are here you are getting seconds older 😉

Milestones

Successes that speak for themselves

With 86 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

10.486 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 10.486 hours per day. At your age of 86 years, that equals approximately 10.486 days (28,71 years).

Eat & Drink

1.311 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 86 years, you have therefore spent approximately 1.311 days eating. (3,59 years).

Toilet visits

655 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 655 days (1,79 years).

Wait

1.092 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 1.092 days (2,99 years).

Laugh

131 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 131 days (0,36 years).

Brush teeth

87 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 87 days (0,24 years).

Work

8.520 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 8.520 days (23,33 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 815.417.162 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 3.397.571.510 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 679.514.302 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 471.885 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 172 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 4.719 A person produces approximately 0.5–1.5 liters of sweat per day, depending on lifestyle. We'll take the average at 1 liter per day.
Fart gases produced (in Liters) 31.459 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 603 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.550 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 629.179.909.259.259 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 10.381 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 3.595 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 37.436 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 345 A person vomits approximately four times a year, depending on lifestyle.

Information is based on statistical average values of a person.

Travelled distances

Always on the move

According to statistical averages, you have walked 113.252 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,83 orbits of the Earth...


... 10,37 moon orbits.


... and 5,31 Mars orbit on foot.



113.252 kilometers means:

4.307 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
843 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
590 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
157 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
6 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
4,04 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
111,69 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
9,85 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

3,82 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,38 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

Our Solar System

During the lifetime of Walter Gropius ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 1.151 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 357,60 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 140,00 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 86,13 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 45,79 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 7,27 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,92 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 1,03 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,52 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,35 times.

My special birthdays

Der nächste runde Geburtstag von Walter Gropius wäre der 150. Geburtstag. Er findet am Wednesday, den 18.05.2033 statt.

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1893 Thursday May 18, 1893 55
18. 1901 Saturday May 18, 1901 171
20. 1903 Monday May 18, 1903 210
25. 1908 Monday May 18, 1908 325
30. 1913 Sunday May 18, 1913 465
40. 1923 Friday May 18, 1923 820
50. 1933 Thursday May 18, 1933 1275
60. 1943 Tuesday May 18, 1943 1830
70. 1953 Monday May 18, 1953 2485
80. 1963 Saturday May 18, 1963 3240
90. 1973 Friday May 18, 1973 4095
100. 1983 Wednesday May 18, 1983 5050
110. 1993 Tuesday May 18, 1993 6105
120. 2003 Sunday May 18, 2003 7260
130. 2013 Saturday May 18, 2013 8515
140. 2023 Thursday May 18, 2023 9870
150. 2033 Wednesday May 18, 2033 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Other Number systems

Decimal:
18 • 5 • 1883
Binary:
10010 • 101 • 11101011011
Hexadecimal:
12 • 5 • 75b
Octal:
22 • 5 • 3533
Roman:
XVIII • V • MDCCCLXXXIII
Morsecode:
·−−−− −−−·· ·−·−·− −−−−− ····· ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−·· −−−·· ···−−
Numbers to letters:
bi • af • biid
Cross sum:
34
Factor product:
169470
Birthday in words:
eighteen • five • one thousand eight hundred eighty three

Historical Events

How old was Walter Gropius back then?

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Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

January 16, 1920
Prohibition begins in the United States with the 18th Amendment, banning the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages. (Age: 36 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 18, 1920
The 19th Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote across the United States. (Age: 37 years and 2 months) 🔗
March 12, 1921
The Soviet Union adopts the New Economic Policy (NEP), allowing some private enterprise to boost the post-war economy. (Age: 37 years and 9 months) 🔗
February 28, 1922
The United Kingdom unilaterally declares Egypt independent, ending the British protectorate. (Age: 38 years and 9 months) 🔗
October 28, 1922
Benito Mussolini and his Fascist party seize power in Italy following the March on Rome. (Age: 39 years and 5 months) 🔗
November 4, 1922
Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, sparking a global frenzy for archaeology. (Age: 39 years and 5 months) 🔗
December 30, 1922
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is officially established. (Age: 39 years and 7 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

October 29, 1923
The Republic of Turkey is proclaimed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, marking the end of the Ottoman Empire. (Age: 40 years and 5 months) 🔗
January 21, 1924
Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and first head of the Soviet Union, dies. (Age: 40 years and 8 months) 🔗
January 24, 1924
The first Winter Olympics take place in Chamonix, France, establishing a new tradition in international sport. (Age: 40 years and 8 months) 🔗
February 23, 1925
The discovery of the Andromeda galaxy as a separate "island universe" outside of the Milky Way is confirmed by Edwin Hubble. (Age: 41 years and 9 months) 🔗
July 10, 1925
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial begins in Tennessee, debating the teaching of evolution in public schools. (Age: 42 years and 1 months) 🔗
July 18, 1925
Adolf Hitler publishes *Mein Kampf*, laying out his political ideology and future plans for Germany. (Age: 42 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 16, 1926
Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, a major milestone in rocketry and future space travel. (Age: 42 years and 9 months) 🔗
May 20, 1927
Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, flying from New York to Paris. (Age: 44 years and 0 months) 🔗
October 6, 1927
The Jazz Singer premieres, the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized sound, marking the end of the silent film era. (Age: 44 years and 4 months) 🔗
February 12, 1928
The first long-distance television broadcast is achieved between London and New York by John Logie Baird. (Age: 44 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

January 19, 1934
The discovery of artificial radioactivity by Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie is announced, leading to their Nobel Prize. (Age: 50 years and 8 months) 🔗
August 19, 1934
A German plebiscite votes to merge the offices of President and Chancellor, making Adolf Hitler the sole Führer (leader) of Germany. (Age: 51 years and 3 months) 🔗
August 14, 1935
The Social Security Act is signed into law in the U.S., establishing a system of retirement, unemployment, and welfare benefits. (Age: 52 years and 2 months) 🔗
September 15, 1935
The Nuremberg Laws are enacted in Germany, institutionalizing racial theories and stripping German Jews of their citizenship. (Age: 52 years and 3 months) 🔗
February 6, 1936
The Winter Olympics open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, followed by the Summer Games in Berlin, used by the Nazis for propaganda. (Age: 52 years and 8 months) 🔗
July 17, 1936
The Spanish Civil War begins with a military coup against the Republican government, leading to three years of brutal conflict. (Age: 53 years and 1 months) 🔗
May 6, 1937
The German airship Hindenburg catches fire while landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey, ending the era of commercial airship travel. (Age: 53 years and 11 months) 🔗
December 13, 1937
The Nanking Massacre begins, where Japanese troops brutally murder hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants. (Age: 54 years and 6 months) 🔗
March 12, 1938
The Anschluss: Nazi Germany annexes Austria, violating the Treaty of Versailles. (Age: 54 years and 9 months) 🔗
September 30, 1938
The Munich Agreement is signed, allowing Germany to annex the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, an act of appeasement that failed to prevent war. (Age: 55 years and 4 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

September 8, 1943
Italy surrenders to the Allies, though fighting continues as German forces occupy northern Italy. (Age: 60 years and 3 months) 🔗
June 6, 1944
D-Day: Allied forces launch Operation Overlord, landing on the beaches of Normandy, beginning the liberation of Western Europe. (Age: 61 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 30, 1945
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker as Soviet troops close in. (Age: 61 years and 11 months) 🔗
May 8, 1945
V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day): The Allies formally accept the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. (Age: 61 years and 11 months) 🔗
August 6, 1945
The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, followed by a second bomb on Nagasaki three days later. (Age: 62 years and 2 months) 🔗
September 2, 1945
V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day): Japan formally surrenders, officially ending World War II. (Age: 62 years and 3 months) 🔗
October 24, 1945
The United Nations (UN) is officially established as an international organization aimed at promoting global cooperation. (Age: 62 years and 5 months) 🔗
November 20, 1945
The Nuremberg trials, a series of military tribunals, begin for major war criminals of Nazi Germany. (Age: 62 years and 6 months) 🔗
March 5, 1946
Winston Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech in the U.S., warning of Soviet expansion and popularizing the term Cold War. (Age: 62 years and 9 months) 🔗
June 5, 1947
U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall announces the Marshall Plan, an initiative to aid Western Europe in economic recovery after WWII. (Age: 64 years and 0 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 70-80 Jahre

June 17, 1953
The Uprising of 1953 in East Germany occurs, where protests against economic policy are suppressed by Soviet troops. (Age: 70 years and 0 months) 🔗
June 18, 1953
Egypt is declared a republic, ending the Muhammad Ali dynasty. (Age: 70 years and 0 months) 🔗
May 17, 1954
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional. (Age: 70 years and 11 months) 🔗
July 20, 1954
The Geneva Accords are signed, dividing Vietnam into North and South along the 17th parallel. (Age: 71 years and 2 months) 🔗
April 18, 1955
Albert Einstein, the German-born theoretical physicist and creator of the theory of relativity, dies at age 76. (Age: 71 years and 10 months) 🔗
May 14, 1955
The Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense treaty, is established by the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries as a counterbalance to NATO. (Age: 71 years and 11 months) 🔗
December 1, 1955
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. (Age: 72 years and 6 months) 🔗
October 23, 1956
The Hungarian Revolution begins, a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and Soviet-imposed policies. (Age: 73 years and 5 months) 🔗
October 29, 1956
The Suez Crisis begins when Israel invades the Sinai Peninsula, followed by intervention from the UK and France. (Age: 73 years and 5 months) 🔗
September 4, 1957
The Little Rock Crisis begins as Governor Orval Faubus uses the National Guard to block nine African American students from entering Central High School. (Age: 74 years and 3 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 80-90 Jahre

August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Age: 80 years and 3 months) 🔗
November 22, 1963
U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. (Age: 80 years and 6 months) 🔗
July 2, 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed into law, outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. (Age: 81 years and 1 months) 🔗
October 14, 1964
Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (Age: 81 years and 4 months) 🔗
March 7, 1965
The "Bloody Sunday" confrontation occurs during the Selma to Montgomery marches, highlighting the need for voting rights legislation. (Age: 81 years and 9 months) 🔗
August 6, 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed, overcoming legal barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. (Age: 82 years and 2 months) 🔗
December 13, 1966
The convention for the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is adopted by the UN, a key international human rights treaty. (Age: 83 years and 6 months) 🔗
June 5, 1967
The Six-Day War begins, a short but decisive conflict between Israel and neighboring Arab states. (Age: 84 years and 0 months) 🔗
December 3, 1967
Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa. (Age: 84 years and 6 months) 🔗
April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, leading to riots in many U.S. cities. (Age: 84 years and 10 months) 🔗

Geburtstags-FAQ von Walter Gropius

Frequently asked questions

How many birthday candles did Walter Gropius blow out so far?

» At 86 years, Walter Gropius has already blown out 3741 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Walter Gropius be twice as old as today?

» Walter Gropius ist 31.458 days old today. On 20.08.2055 Walter Gropius will be twice as old as today. Walter Gropius will then be 172 Jahre und 3 Monate years old.

When will Walter Gropius be half as old as today?

» On 11.06.1926 Walter Gropius was half of age today. Back then Walter Gropius were 43 Jahre und 0 Monate years old.

When was Walter Gropius conceived? - Time of your conception

» That's an interesting question. Let's try it this way: A pregnancy lasts an average of 268 days. If we subtract 268 days from the day of your birth (23.08.1882), we get the 23.08.1882. However, this statement is not very meaningful, since only 3% of pregnant women actually give birth after 268 days. Most pregnant women give birth within a time window of 10 days from the actual due date. Therefore, Walter Gropius were conceived between 13.08.1882 and 02.09.1882.

How many prime number birthdays has Walter Gropius had so far?

» At 86 years old, Walter Gropius has already celebrated 23 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 86 years, you've already celebrated 7 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77). To be able to celebrate 10 special number birthdays, you have to live to be 111. But you still have some time until then. You'll celebrate your 111th birthday on 18.05.1994. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Walter Gropius at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Walter Gropius was born exactly 42595 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Walter Gropius was 116 years and 7 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Walter Gropius is currently 36 years younger (44707 days) than the officially oldest person in the world, the Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment. She was born on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

Walter Gropius has lived 10864 days longer than he/she was dead.

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