biography
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Manning, Warren Henry
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| male
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| lived:
| (1860–1938)
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| biography:
| Landscape architect, born in Reading, Massachusetts, USA. The son of a nurseryman, he joined the Olmsteds as a horticulturalist in 1888, becoming a design assistant before opening his own firm (1896–1938). Enormously successful, he delighted in training young designers, and actively promoted the American Society of Landscape Architects. His commissions included a parkway system for Harrisburg, PA, the Hampton Institute in Virginia, and the Jamestown Exposition of 1907. |
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