Edward H. Bennett

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American architect person urban planner

Edward H. Bennett was an influential American architect and urban planner associated with the City Beautiful movement, best known for his major role in shaping early 20th-century Chicago’s urban design.

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Edward H. Bennett canonical 9
Edward Herbert Bennett 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American ⓘ
architect ⓘ
person ⓘ
urban planner ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
associatedWith City Beautiful movement in Chicago ⓘ
birthDate 1874-05-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Bristol, England, United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Bristol, England
coAuthorOf Plan of Chicago ⓘ
coAuthorWith Daniel Burnham ⓘ
surface form: Daniel H. Burnham
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1954-10-22 ⓘ
designed Civic Center plans for Chicago ⓘ
Grant Park plans, Chicago ⓘ
Michigan Avenue Bridge approaches, Chicago ⓘ
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
employer D. H. Burnham & Company ⓘ
familyName Bennett ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
fullName Edward H. Bennett self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edward Herbert Bennett
genre Beaux-Arts classicism in civic design ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
influenced 20th-century American urban planning ⓘ
influencedBy Beaux-Arts ⓘ
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture

Daniel Burnham ⓘ
surface form: Daniel H. Burnham
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement City Beautiful movement ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor City Beautiful movement ⓘ
surface form: City Beautiful civic center and boulevard plans

shaping early 20th-century Chicago urban design ⓘ
notableWork Plan of Chicago ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
city planner ⓘ
partnerInFirm Bennett, Parsons and Frost ⓘ
planned Civic center schemes for multiple U.S. cities ⓘ
residence Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedIn Chicago ⓘ
Cleveland ⓘ
Minneapolis ⓘ
workedOn Chicago Lakefront ⓘ
surface form: Chicago lakefront development plans

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Plan of Chicago → author → Edward H. Bennett ⓘ
Burnham → coAuthor → Edward H. Bennett ⓘ
subject surface form: Plan of Chicago
Buckingham Fountain → designer → Edward H. Bennett ⓘ
Buckingham Fountain → architect → Edward H. Bennett ⓘ
Federal Trade Commission Building → architect → Edward H. Bennett ⓘ
DuSable Bridge → designer → Edward H. Bennett ⓘ
DuSable Bridge → architect → Edward H. Bennett ⓘ
Pasadena Civic Center → designedBy → Edward H. Bennett ⓘ
Clarence Buckingham → architect → Edward H. Bennett ⓘ
subject surface form: Buckingham Fountain
Edward H. Bennett → fullName → Edward H. Bennett self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward Herbert Bennett