Capability Brown

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garden designer landscape architect person

Capability Brown was an 18th-century English landscape architect renowned for transforming grand country estates into naturalistic, sweeping parklands that defined the English landscape garden style.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	garden designer → landscape architect → person →
activeInPeriod	18th century →
birthName	Lancelot Brown →
burialPlace	Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire →
causeOfDeath	suspected heart attack →
countryOfCitizenship	England → Kingdom of Great Britain →
dateOfBirth	1716-08-30 →
dateOfDeath	1783-02-06 →
designCharacteristic	clumps of trees → curving drives and vistas → ha-has instead of visible fences → serpentine lakes → sweeping lawns →
designed	Alnwick Castle grounds → Audley End park → Blenheim Palace park → Bowood House park → Burghley House park → Chatsworth House park → Croome Court landscape → Highclere Castle grounds → Petworth House park → Stowe landscape gardens → Syon House grounds → Temple Newsam landscape → Wimpole Hall landscape →
employer	Stowe House →
givenName	Lancelot →
influenced	development of landscape architecture in Britain → later English landscape gardeners →
movement	English landscape garden →
nickname	Capability Brown →
notableFor	design of English country house parks → naturalistic landscape design → shaping the English landscape garden style →
numberOfChildren	8 →
occupation	gardener → landscape architect → landscape designer →
placeOfBirth	Kirkharle → Northumberland →
placeOfDeath	England → London →
positionHeld	head gardener at Stowe →
residence	Fenstanton → Hammersmith →
spouse	Bridget Wayet →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Grand Bridge at Blenheim Palace → Queen Pool →	associatedWith
Capability Brown → Lancelot "Capability" Brown →	nickname
Stowe School →	hasGroundsDesignedBy
Chatsworth House →	hasLandscapeDesigner
Highclere Castle →	hasParklandDesigner