Sir Joseph Paxton

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Member of Parliament architect engineer gardener human landscape architect

Sir Joseph Paxton was a renowned 19th-century English gardener, architect, and engineer best known for designing the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Member of Parliament → architect → engineer → gardener → human → landscape architect →
awardReceived	knighthood →
birthDate	1803-08-03 →
birthPlace	Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire, England →
burialPlace	Churchyard of St Peter’s Church, Edensor, Derbyshire →
countryOfCitizenship	England → United Kingdom →
deathDate	1865-06-08 →
deathPlace	Sydenham, Kent, England →
designed	Barrow-in-Furness railway station layout and docks (involvement) → Great Conservatory at Chatsworth → The Crystal Palace → Victoria Regia House at Chatsworth →
designedForEvent	Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851 →
educatedAt	Horticultural Society’s Chiswick Gardens (as trainee gardener) →
employer	William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire →
familyName	Paxton →
fieldOfWork	architecture → civil engineering → horticulture →
genre	garden design →
givenName	Joseph →
honorificPrefix	Sir →
influenced	development of glass-and-iron architecture →
knownFor	designing the Crystal Palace → work at Chatsworth House gardens →
marriageDate	1827 →
memberOf	Liberal Party (UK) →
name	Joseph Paxton →
notableWork	Chatsworth House gardens → Great Conservatory, Chatsworth → The Crystal Palace → Victoria Regia House, Chatsworth →
occupation	architect → engineer → gardener → landscape gardener → politician →
parliamentaryTermEnd	1865 →
parliamentaryTermStart	1854 →
positionHeld	Member of Parliament for Coventry → head gardener at Chatsworth House →
spouse	Sarah Bown →
workedOn	Great Exhibition of 1851 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
West Norwood Cemetery → West Norwood Cemetery ("Sir Joseph Paxton, architect of the Crystal Palace") → West Norwood Cemetery ("Sir Joseph Paxton, landscape architect") → West Norwood Cemetery ("Sir Joseph Paxton, gardener") → West Norwood Cemetery ("Sir Joseph Paxton, British architect") → West Norwood Cemetery ("Sir Joseph Paxton, British gardener and architect") →	hasNotableBurial
Great Exhibition of 1851 ("Joseph Paxton") →	architectOfMainBuilding
Crystal Palace Park ("Joseph Paxton") →	designedBy
Chatsworth House ("Joseph Paxton") →	hasLandscapeDesigner
Sir Joseph Paxton ("Joseph Paxton") →	name
St Marylebone Cemetery →	notableBurial