L’Enfant

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French-American architect civil engineer human urban planner

L’Enfant is the surname of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the basic plan for Washington, D.C.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French-American → architect → civil engineer → human → urban planner →
birthCountry	France →
birthDate	1754-08-02 →
birthPlace	Paris →
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery →
citizenship	France → United States of America →
commissionedBy	George Washington →
conflict	American Revolutionary War →
deathCountry	United States of America →
deathDate	1825-06-14 →
deathPlace	Prince George’s County, Maryland →
designed	original plan of Washington, D.C. → plan of the Federal City (Washington) →
education	Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture →
employer	George Washington →
familyName	L’Enfant →
fieldOfWork	architecture → city planning → civil engineering →
givenName	Charles → Pierre →
hasSurnameVariant	L’Enfant → L’Enfant (without apostrophe variant: L’Enfant / L'Enfant) →
honouredIn	L’Enfant Plaza → L’Enfant Plaza station →
knownFor	L’Enfant Plan for the federal capital of the United States → designing the basic plan for Washington, D.C. →
language	English → French →
laterNationality	American →
militaryBranch	Continental Army →
nationalityAtBirth	French →
notableWork	L’Enfant Plan →
occupation	architect → civil engineer → urban planner →
originalBurialPlace	Digges farm, Prince George’s County, Maryland →
reinterredAt	Arlington National Cemetery →
workedIn	New York City → United States → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pierre Charles L’Enfant → Pierre Charles L’Enfant →	familyName
Pierre Charles L’Enfant → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ("L’Enfant (without apostrophe variant: L’Enfant / L'Enfant)") →	hasSurnameVariant
Massachusetts Avenue NW ("L’Enfant Plan diagonal avenues") →	formsPartOf
Pierre Charles L’Enfant ("L’Enfant Plan") →	notableWork