Sticks and Stones · Chapter
Biographical Studies explained
This chapter provides a bibliographic overview of key biographical works covering American architects from the Revolutionary period to the early twentieth century, including studies of Samuel McIntire, Charles Bulfinch, Benjamin Latrobe, H.
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This chapter provides a bibliographic overview of key biographical works covering American architects from the Revolutionary period to the early twentieth century, including studies of Samuel McIntire, Charles Bulfinch, Benjamin Latrobe, H. H. Richardson, Charles McKim, Daniel Burnham, and Louis Sullivan.
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- Samuel McIntire
Subject of the biography 'Samuel McIntire: His Life and Work' by F. Cousins and P. M. Riley.
- Charles Bulfinch
Subject of 'The Life and Letters of Charles Bulfinch' by Ellen Susan Bulfinch.
- Benjamin Latrobe
Subject of 'The Journal of Latrobe' (Benjamin Henry Latrobe).
- H. H. Richardson
Subject of 'Henry Hobson Richardson' by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer.
- Charles McKim
Subject of 'Charles Follen McKim' by A. H. Granger.
- Daniel Burnham
Subject of 'Daniel H. Burnham' by Charles Moore.
- Louis Sullivan
Subject of 'The Autobiography of an Idea' by Louis H. Sullivan.
