Joseph Paxton
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English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament (1803-1865)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1803-08-03 ) 3 August 1803, Bedfordshire , England
- Died
- 8 June 1865 (1865-06-08) (aged 61), Sydenham , London, England
- Occupation
- Architect
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Milton Bryan
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- illustrator
- Political party
- Liberal Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Notable work
- The Crystal Palace
- Movement
- Victorian architecture
- Image
- Joseph Paxton.png
- Work location
- London
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- name in native language
- Joseph Paxton
- Commons category
- Joseph Paxton
- date of birth
- 1803-08-03
- date of death
- 1865-07-08
- Commons gallery
- Joseph Paxton
- candidacy in election
- 1859 United Kingdom general election
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- described at URL
- arch-pavouk.cz/index.php/architekti/1516-paxton-joseph
- P12749
- Focke-Wulf S 2
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Conservative Wall at Chatsworth
Sir Joseph Paxton (3 August 1803 – 8 June 1865) was an English gardener, architect, engineer and Liberal Member of Parliament. He is best known for designing the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park, London to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first world's fair, great public parks such as Birkenhead Park, and for cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most consumed banana in the Western world.
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