Edward H. Bennett

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Edward H. Bennett was an influential American architect and urban planner associated with the City Beautiful movement, best known for his major role in shaping early 20th-century Chicago’s urban design.

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Edward H. Bennett canonical 9
Edward Herbert Bennett 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
architect
person
urban planner
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
associatedWith City Beautiful movement in Chicago
birthDate 1874-05-11
birthPlace Bristol, England
coAuthorOf Plan of Chicago
coAuthorWith Daniel H. Burnham
linked to: Daniel Burnham
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1954-10-22
designed Civic Center plans for Chicago
Grant Park plans, Chicago
Michigan Avenue Bridge approaches, Chicago
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology
École des Beaux-Arts
employer D. H. Burnham & Company
familyName Bennett
fieldOfWork architecture
urban planning
fullName Edward Herbert Bennett
linked to: Edward H. Bennett
genre Beaux-Arts classicism in civic design
givenName Edward
influenced 20th-century American urban planning
influencedBy Beaux-Arts architecture
linked to: Beaux-Arts

Daniel H. Burnham
linked to: Daniel Burnham
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement City Beautiful movement
nationality American
notableFor City Beautiful civic center and boulevard plans
shaping early 20th-century Chicago urban design
notableWork Plan of Chicago
occupation architect
city planner
partnerInFirm Bennett, Parsons and Frost
planned Civic center schemes for multiple U.S. cities
residence Chicago, Illinois
linked to: Chicago
sexOrGender male
workedIn Chicago
Cleveland
Minneapolis
workedOn Chicago lakefront development plans
linked to: Chicago Lakefront

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Plan of Chicago author Edward H. Bennett
Plan of Chicago coAuthor Edward H. Bennett
subject linked to: Burnham
Buckingham Fountain designer Edward H. Bennett
Buckingham Fountain architect Edward H. Bennett
Federal Trade Commission Building architect Edward H. Bennett
DuSable Bridge designer Edward H. Bennett
DuSable Bridge architect Edward H. Bennett
Pasadena Civic Center designedBy Edward H. Bennett
Buckingham Fountain architect Edward H. Bennett
subject linked to: Clarence Buckingham
Edward H. Bennett fullName Edward Herbert Bennett
linked to: Edward H. Bennett