Lancelot "Capability" Brown

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English person garden designer landscape architect person

Lancelot "Capability" Brown was an 18th-century English landscape architect renowned for reshaping the grounds of numerous great estates into naturalistic parklands that defined the English landscape garden style.

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Lancelot "Capability" Brown canonical 48
Lancelot Capability Brown 3
Lancelot Brown 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English person ⓘ
garden designer ⓘ
landscape architect ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1783 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1740 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
surface form: Lancelot Capability Brown
birthDate 1716-08-30 ⓘ
birthPlace Kirkharle, Northumberland, England ⓘ
burialPlace Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1783-02-06 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
employer Stowe House ⓘ
fullName Lancelot "Capability" Brown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lancelot Brown
influenced Humphry Repton ⓘ
influencedBy William Kent ⓘ
knownFor English landscape garden style ⓘ
naturalistic landscape design ⓘ
reshaping grounds of English country houses ⓘ
movement English landscape garden ⓘ
nickname Capability Brown ⓘ
notableWork Alnwick Castle grounds ⓘ
Audley End House and Gardens ⓘ
surface form: Audley End park

Blenheim Palace ⓘ
surface form: Blenheim Palace park

Bowood House park ⓘ
Burghley House park ⓘ
Chatsworth House park ⓘ
Claremont Landscape Garden ⓘ
Croome Court landscape ⓘ
Harewood House landscape ⓘ
Highclere Castle ⓘ
surface form: Highclere Castle grounds

Petworth House park ⓘ
Stowe landscape gardens ⓘ
Syon House grounds ⓘ
Wimpole Hall landscape ⓘ
numberOfChildren 8 ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
gardener ⓘ
landscape architect ⓘ
positionHeld Chief gardener at Stowe ⓘ
spouse Bridget Wayet ⓘ
style clumps of trees ⓘ
concealed boundaries ⓘ
ha-ha walls ⓘ
serpentine lakes ⓘ
sweeping lawns ⓘ

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Blenheim Palace → landscapeDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Lancelot "Capability" Brown → fullName → Lancelot "Capability" Brown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancelot Brown
Lancelot "Capability" Brown → alsoKnownAs → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancelot Capability Brown
Great Lake → designedBy → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Lake (Blenheim Palace)
Harewood House, Yorkshire, England → landscapeDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
subject surface form: Harewood House
Knowsley Hall → hasLandscapeDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Capability Brown → birthName → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancelot Brown
Kirkharle, Northumberland, England → hasNotablePerson → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Stowe landscape gardens → designedBy → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Croome Court landscape → designedBy → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Petworth House park → designer → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Bowood House park → designer → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Audley End House and Gardens → landscapeDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Chatsworth House park → designer → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Wimpole Hall landscape → designer → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Wimpole Hall landscape → associatedWith → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Claremont Landscape Garden → designedBy → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Claremont Landscape Garden → significantPerson → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England → hasBurialSiteOf → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England → hasNotablePersonBuried → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Humphry Repton → influencedBy → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Stowe House → associatedWithLandscapeDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Burghley House park → designer → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Burghley House park → notableWorkOf → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Upper Lake → hasLandscapeDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Blenheim Palace lake → designedBy → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Blenheim Palace lake → landscapeDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Great Vine → plantedBy → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Charles Bridgeman → influenced → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Bridget Wayet → spouse → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Bridget Wayet → marriedTo → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Bridget Wayet → spouseName → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood → commissionedLandscapeDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Burton Pynsent, Somerset → landscapeDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Ugbrooke, Devon → landscapedBy → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Claremont House, Surrey → hasLandscapeDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire → architect → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Kirkharle → birthplaceOf → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Temple Newsam landscape → hasDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Temple Newsam landscape → hasLandscapeArchitect → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Temple Newsam landscape → associatedWith → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Kirkharle Lake and landscape → designedBy → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Kirkharle Lake and landscape → associatedWith → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Kirkharle Courtyard → associatedWith → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
English landscape garden style → hasNotableProponent → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Croome River (engineered watercourse) → hasDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Croome River (engineered watercourse) → associatedWith → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Stowe Gardens → hasArchitect → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
6th Earl of Coventry → patronOf → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
Bowood → hasLandscapeDesigner → Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ