Burnham

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Burnham is a surname most notably associated with Daniel Burnham, the influential American architect and urban planner behind landmark projects like the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and the Plan of Chicago.

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Burnham canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architect
architectural firm
family name
person
surname
urban plan
urban planner
world's fair
architecturalMovement City Beautiful movement
author Daniel Burnham
burialPlace Graceland Cemetery, Chicago
coAuthor Edward H. Bennett
countryOfCitizenship United States
dateOfBirth 1846-09-04
dateOfDeath 1912-06-01
designedBuilding Flatiron Building
Reliance Building
Union Station (Washington, D.C.)
designedPlanForCity Baguio
Chicago
linked to: City of Chicago

Manila
employer Burnham and Root
familyName Burnham
famousQuotation Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.
founder Daniel Burnham
John Wellborn Root
fullName Daniel Hudson Burnham
linked to: Daniel Burnham
givenName Daniel
hasNotableBearer Daniel Burnham
influenced American city planning
knownFor Beaux-Arts influenced civic design
large-scale urban planning
languageOfOrigin English
location Chicago
linked to: City of Chicago

Chicago
linked to: City of Chicago

New York City
notableWork Plan of Chicago
World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
openingYear 1893
placeOfBirth Henderson, New York
placeOfDeath Heidelberg, Germany
linked to: Heidelberg
publicationPlace Chicago
linked to: City of Chicago
publicationYear 1909
roleInWork Director of Works, World's Columbian Exposition
spouse Margaret Sherman
usedInCountry United Kingdom
United States

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Daniel Burnham familyName Burnham
Daniel Burnham familyName Burnham
subject linked to: Burnham
SL postcode area coversTown Burnham
subject linked to: SL
Burnham Pavilion namedAfter Burnham