Humphry Repton

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English person garden designer landscape designer person

Humphry Repton was a prominent late 18th- and early 19th-century English landscape designer known for popularizing the picturesque style and for his influential "Red Books" of illustrated garden and estate plans.

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Humphry Repton canonical 30

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instanceOf English person ⓘ
garden designer ⓘ
landscape designer ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1816 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1788 ⓘ
birthCountry Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
birthDate 1752-04-21 ⓘ
birthPlace Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
deathDate 1818-03-24 ⓘ
deathPlace Hare Street, Essex ⓘ
designApproach combination of practical landscaping and picturesque aesthetics ⓘ
designedFor country houses ⓘ
estates ⓘ
education Norwich Grammar School ⓘ
employerOrClient British aristocracy ⓘ
landed gentry in England ⓘ
familyName Repton ⓘ
fieldOfWork garden design ⓘ
landscape architecture ⓘ
genre landscape design treatise ⓘ
givenName Humphry ⓘ
influenced 19th-century landscape gardening in Britain ⓘ
influencedBy Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
innovation use of before-and-after overlays in Red Books ⓘ
knownFor Red Books of landscape and garden designs ⓘ
popularizing the picturesque style in landscape design ⓘ
successor to Capability Brown in English landscape gardening ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement picturesque ⓘ
name Humphry Repton self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
English ⓘ
notableWork Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening ⓘ
Red Books ⓘ
Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
landscape designer ⓘ
landscape gardener ⓘ
placeOfBurial Aylsham ⓘ
surface form: Aylsham, Norfolk
residence Hare Street, Essex ⓘ
Norfolk ⓘ
spouse Mary Clarke ⓘ
workedOn Blaise Castle estate grounds ⓘ
Brighton Pavilion grounds ⓘ
Endsleigh (Devon) grounds ⓘ
Harewood House grounds (proposals and alterations) ⓘ
Kensington Palace gardens (proposals) ⓘ
Sheringham Park ⓘ
Woburn Abbey gardens ⓘ

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Lancelot "Capability" Brown → influenced → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Knowsley Hall → hasLandscapeDesigner → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Humphry Repton → name → Humphry Repton self-link ⓘ
Plas Newydd → hasLandscapeDesigner → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Hatchlands Park → landscapeDesigner → Humphry Repton ⓘ
English landscape garden style → hasNotableProponent → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Humphry → notableBearer → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Hare Street, Essex → hasNotableResident → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Red Books of landscape and garden designs → creator → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Red Books of landscape and garden designs → author → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Red Books of landscape and garden designs → illustrator → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Red Books of landscape and garden designs → associatedPerson → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Red Books → creator → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Red Books → hasAuthorRoleOfCreator → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening → author → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening → writtenBy → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Woburn Abbey gardens → designedBy → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Woburn Abbey gardens → influencedBy → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Woburn Abbey gardens → laterDevelopedBy → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Sheringham Park → designedBy → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Sheringham Park → hasWorkOf → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Kensington Palace gardens (proposals) → hasDesigner → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Kensington Palace gardens (proposals) → associatedWith → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening → author → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Norwich Grammar School → educated → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Norwich Grammar School → notableAlumnus → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Stoke Park → hasLandscapeDesigner → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Mary Clarke → spouse → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Mary Clarke → notableAssociation → Humphry Repton ⓘ
Picturesque movement → notablePractitioner → Humphry Repton ⓘ