Andrew Jackson Downing

**Prof. Dr. Sinsi** · 07-23-2012

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born Oct

30, 1815, Newburgh, N

Y

, U

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died July 28, 1852, vicinity of Yonkers, N

Y

U

S

horticulturist, landscape gardener, and architect

He educated himself in landscape gardening and architecture while working in his father's nursery

In 1850 he began collaborating with the British architect Calvert Vaux (1824-95) the two designed a number of estates in New York's Hudson River valley and on Long Island

Recognized as the foremost U

S

landscape designer of his day, he was commissioned in 1851 to lay out the grounds for the Capitol, the White House, and the Smithsonian Institution

His death at 36 in a steamboat accident prevented him from seeing his plans to completion

His books on architecture and landscaping became standard works, and his influence on American conceptions of the middle-class home were far-reaching
İngilizce Benzer Kelimeler* Andrew
* andrew carnegie
* andrew d

white
* andrew dickson white
* andrew fielding huxley
* andrew file system
* andrew fluegelman
* andrew huxley
* andrew jackson
* andrew johnson
* andrew lloyd webber
* andrew marvell
* andrew mellon
* andrew message system
* andrew projectEn Son Bakılan Kelimeler

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Prof. Dr. Sinsi	Andrew Jackson Downing * 1born Oct 30, 1815, Newburgh, NY, US died July 28, 1852, vicinity of Yonkers, NY US horticulturist, landscape gardener, and architect He educated himself in landscape gardening and architecture while working in his father's nursery In 1850 he began collaborating with the British architect Calvert Vaux (1824-95) the two designed a number of estates in New York's Hudson River valley and on Long Island Recognized as the foremost US landscape designer of his day, he was commissioned in 1851 to lay out the grounds for the Capitol, the White House, and the Smithsonian Institution His death at 36 in a steamboat accident prevented him from seeing his plans to completion His books on architecture and landscaping became standard works, and his influence on American conceptions of the middle-class home were far-reaching İngilizce Benzer Kelimeler* Andrew * andrew carnegie * andrew d white * andrew dickson white * andrew fielding huxley * andrew file system * andrew fluegelman * andrew huxley * andrew jackson * andrew johnson * andrew lloyd webber * andrew marvell * andrew mellon * andrew message system * andrew projectEn Son Bakılan Kelimeler