biography
| name: |
Burnham, Daniel H(udson)
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pronunciation:
[bernuhm]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1846–1912)
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| biography:
| Architect and city planner, born in Henderson, New York, USA. He trained with William Le Baron Jenney. In partnership with John Wellborn Root (1873–91), and later independently, he helped establish the Chicago School with his seminal skyscraper designs, beginning with the Montauk Block, Chicago (1881–2). His pioneering city planning, as seen in Washington, DC (1901–2) and Chicago (1909), launched the ‘City Beautiful’ movement. He was first chairman of the National Commission of Fine Arts (1910–12) and helped found the American Academy in Rome. |
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