biography
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| lived:
| (1792–1852)
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| biography:
| Architect, born in Gundenham Manor, Somerset, SW England, UK. He emigrated to Philadelphia (1816) and published The Builder's Assistant (1818–21). His innovative radial-plan Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia (1821–37) influenced jail design worldwide. |
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