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Marion Mahony Griffin

1871 - 1961

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Marion Mahony Griffin (née Marion Lucy Mahony; February 14, 1871 – August 10, 1961) was an American architect and artist. She was one of the first licensed female architects in the world, and is considered an original member of the Prairie School. Her work in the United States developed and expanded the American Prairie School, and her work in India and Australia reflected Prairie School ideals of indigenous landscape and materials in newly formed democracies. The scholar Debora Wood stated that Griffin "did the drawings people think of when they think of Frank Lloyd Wright (one of her collaborating architects)." According to architecture critic, Reyner Banham, Griffin was "America’s (and perhaps the world’s) first woman architect who needed no apology in a world of men." She produced some of the finest architectural drawing in America and Australia, and was instrumental in envisioning the design plans for the capital city of Australia, Canberra. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marion Mahony Griffin is the 510th most popular architect (down from 504th in 2019), the 13,814th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,905th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Marion Mahony Griffin ranks 510 out of 518. Before her are Princess Rajwa Al Hussein, Marco Casagrande, Andrew Jackson Downing, Charles Bulfinch, Charles Correa, and Yasmeen Lari. After her are Charles Holden, Max Abramovitz, Elizabeth Diller, Lesley Lokko, Billy Casper, and Sunay Erdem.

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Among people born in 1871, Marion Mahony Griffin ranks 176. Before her are Poul Heegaard, Henry Stephenson, Edmund Breese, John Langalibalele Dube, Newton D. Baker, and James Weldon Johnson. After her are Montagu Toller, Richard Carle, and Alexander Zelenko. Among people deceased in 1961, Marion Mahony Griffin ranks 205. Before her are Arnstein Arneberg, George S. Kaufman, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, George Irving, Maribel Vinson, and George Formby. After her are Charles Erwin Wilson, Albert Bogen, Tony Bettenhausen, Sam Rayburn, Sheridan Downey, and Gwen Lee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marion Mahony Griffin ranks 13,818 out of 20,380. Before her are Jeffrey Chiesa (1965), John M. Grunsfeld (1958), Becky G (1997), Guy Kibbee (1882), Jack Hannah (1913), and Myles Turner (1996). After her are Shantel VanSanten (1985), Erik Per Sullivan (1991), Dolores Gray (1924), Henry Cejudo (1987), Shannon Walker (1965), and Vaughn Monroe (1911).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Marion Mahony Griffin ranks 36. Before her are Richard Morris Hunt (1827), Robert A. M. Stern (1939), John Russell Pope (1874), Maya Lin (1959), Andrew Jackson Downing (1815), and Charles Bulfinch (1763). After her are Max Abramovitz (1908), Billy Casper (1931), and Alexis Sablone (1986).

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