Humphry Repton: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Humphrey Repton
Born	April 21, 1752 • Bury Saint Edmunds • England
Died	March 24, 1818 (aged 65) • London • England
Subjects Of Study	landscape architecture

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Repton, portrait by an unknown artist

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Jacques Wirtz

Belgian landscape designer

William Kent

William Kent

British architect

Park at Petworth House, West Sussex, Eng., landscaped by Lancelot (“Capability”) Brown, c. 1751–57

Lancelot Brown

English landscape architect

Shenstone, detail of an oil painting by E. Alcock, 1750; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

William Shenstone

English connoisseur

Gertrude Jekyll

Gertrude Jekyll

English landscape architect

Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick Law Olmsted

American landscape architect

“Black Sun,” black tamba granite sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, 1960–63; in a private garden

Isamu Noguchi

American sculptor

Le Nôtre, André

André Le Nôtre

French landscape architect

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John Claudius Loudon

Scottish landscape architect

Sir Uvedale Price, portrait by an unknown artist; in the British Museum

Sir Uvedale Price, 1st Baronet

British landscape designer

Downing, Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson Downing

American horticulturalist and landscape architect

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Daniel Marot

French architect and designer

Burle Marx, 1954

Roberto Burle Marx

Brazilian landscape architect

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Sōami

Japanese artist

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François-Joseph Bélanger

French architect and landscape designer

Griffin, Walter Burley

Walter Burley Griffin

American architect and city planner

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Jens Jensen

American landscape architect

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William Robinson

British landscape designer

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Pirro Ligorio

Italian architect

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Horace William Shaler Cleveland

American landscape architect