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Andrew Jackson Downing

1815 - 1852

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Andrew Jackson Downing (October 31, 1815 – July 28, 1852) was an American landscape designer, horticulturist, writer, prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival in the United States, and editor of The Horticulturist magazine (1846–1852). Downing is considered to be a founder of American landscape architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Jackson Downing is the 506th most popular architect (down from 502nd in 2019), the 12,702nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,323rd in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Andrew Jackson Downing ranks 506 out of 518. Before him are Herbert Baker, Arnstein Arneberg, Carme Pigem, Luigi Negri, Princess Rajwa Al Hussein, and Marco Casagrande. After him are Charles Bulfinch, Charles Correa, Yasmeen Lari, Marion Mahony Griffin, Charles Holden, and Max Abramovitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Andrew Jackson Downing ranks 86. Before him are Giovanni Caselli, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Edward James Roye, Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, Howell Cobb, and Hablot Knight Browne. After him are William J. Hardee, James Seddon, Alexander Ramsey, and James W. Nye. Among people deceased in 1852, Andrew Jackson Downing ranks 66. Before him are Francisco Javier Echeverría, Álvares de Azevedo, Rose Philippine Duchesne, Frances Wright, Walter Forward, and John George Children. After him is Horatio Greenough.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew Jackson Downing ranks 12,706 out of 20,380. Before him are Ruben Fleischer (1974), Roxanne Seeman (1954), Madeline Manning (1948), Bobby Lashley (1976), Eddie Kendricks (1939), and Bernard Bailyn (1922). After him are Mitch Miller (1911), Austin Nichols (1980), Elsie Janis (1889), Carmel Myers (1899), Imogene Coca (1908), and Bill Wheatley (1909).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Andrew Jackson Downing ranks 34. Before him are Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), Richard Morris Hunt (1827), Robert A. M. Stern (1939), John Russell Pope (1874), and Maya Lin (1959). After him are Charles Bulfinch (1763), Marion Mahony Griffin (1871), Max Abramovitz (1908), Billy Casper (1931), and Alexis Sablone (1986).

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