Daniel Burnham

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architect city planner human urban planner

Daniel Burnham was a prominent American architect and urban planner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for leading the design of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and shaping the City Beautiful movement.

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Label	Occurrences
Daniel Burnham canonical	31
Daniel H. Burnham	16
Daniel Hudson Burnham	6

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architect ⓘ city planner ⓘ human ⓘ urban planner ⓘ
architectOf	Chicago Cultural Center ⓘ surface form: Chicago Cultural Center (as Chicago Public Library) Ellicott Square Building (Buffalo) ⓘ Field Museum of Natural History ⓘ surface form: Field Museum of Natural History (original design for the Columbian Exposition) Fisher Building (Chicago) ⓘ Flatiron Building ⓘ Flatiron Building ⓘ surface form: Fuller Building (Flatiron Building) in New York City Merchandise Mart preliminary concepts ⓘ Monadnock Building ⓘ People’s Gas Building (Chicago) ⓘ Railway Exchange Building (Chicago) ⓘ Reliance Building ⓘ Rookery Building remodeling ⓘ Santa Fe Building (Chicago) ⓘ Union Station (Pittsburgh) ⓘ Union Station ⓘ surface form: Union Station (Washington, D.C.) World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ surface form: World’s Columbian Exposition master plan
authorOf	Plan of Chicago ⓘ
burialPlace	Graceland Cemetery ⓘ
coFounderOf	Burnham and Root ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1846-09-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1912-06-01 ⓘ
educatedAt	Chicago Public Schools ⓘ surface form: Chicago public schools
employer	Burnham and Root ⓘ Holabird & Roche ⓘ surface form: D. H. Burnham & Company
familyName	Burnham ⓘ
givenName	Daniel ⓘ
hasMotto	Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood. ⓘ
influenced	American urban planning ⓘ City Beautiful movement ⓘ surface form: City Beautiful movement in the United States
influencedBy	Beaux-Arts ⓘ surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture neoclassical architecture ⓘ
knownFor	leading the design of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ pioneering comprehensive city plans ⓘ shaping the City Beautiful movement ⓘ
movement	City Beautiful movement ⓘ
name	Daniel Burnham self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Daniel Hudson Burnham
notableWork	Plan of Baguio ⓘ Plan of Chicago ⓘ Plan of Manila ⓘ City Beautiful movement ⓘ surface form: Plan of Washington, D.C. improvements World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
occupation	architect ⓘ city planner ⓘ urban planner ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Henderson, New York ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Heidelberg ⓘ surface form: Heidelberg, Germany
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
role	Director of Works of the World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago New York City ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

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Union Station → architect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

subject surface form: Union Station (Washington, D.C.)

Daniel Burnham → name → Daniel Burnham self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel Hudson Burnham

Administration Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition → associatedWith → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Flatiron Building → architect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

World’s Columbian Exposition → chiefPlanner → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States → hasNotableBurial → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

subject surface form: Graceland Cemetery

Chicago School architecture → hasNotablePractitioner → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Plan of Chicago → author → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

Plan of Baguio → architect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Plan of Baguio → cityPlanner → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Plan of Baguio → author → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Graceland Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Burnham and Root → foundedBy → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

Burnham and Root → hasPartner → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

Plan of Manila → architect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Plan of Manila → proposedBy → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Reliance Building → architect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

Burnham → hasNotableBearer → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Burnham → fullName → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

subject surface form: Daniel Burnham

this entity surface form: Daniel Hudson Burnham

Burnham → author → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

subject surface form: Plan of Chicago

Burnham → founder → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

subject surface form: Burnham and Root

Fisher Building (Chicago) → architect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

People’s Gas Building (Chicago) → architect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Railway Exchange Building (Chicago) → associatedWith → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Santa Fe Building (Chicago) → designedBy → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

Burnham Park → namedAfter → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Burnham Park → followsPlanBy → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

The Rookery Building → originalArchitect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

World’s Columbian Exposition design team → member → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

World’s Columbian Exposition design team → headArchitect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Graham, Anderson, Probst & White → influencedBy → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Baguio → designedBy → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Fuller Building → architect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Burnham, Illinois → namedAfter → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

White City → designedBy → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

subject surface form: White City (World's Columbian Exposition)

White City → plannedBy → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

subject surface form: White City (World's Columbian Exposition)

Henderson, New York → hasNotablePerson → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Filene's → flagshipBuildingDesigner → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

William Le Baron Jenney → influenced → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

John Wellborn Root → partnerInFirmWith → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel Hudson Burnham

McMillan Plan → keyMember → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

D. H. Burnham & Company → foundedBy → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel Hudson Burnham

D. H. Burnham & Company → namedAfter → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel Hudson Burnham

D. H. Burnham & Company → notableArchitect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel Hudson Burnham

Masonic Temple (Chicago) → architect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

Montauk Block → architect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

Court of Honor → hasDesigner → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

Burnham Harbor → namedAfter → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

Duluth City Hall → architect → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

Symphony Center → originalArchitectOfOrchestraHall → Daniel Burnham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel H. Burnham