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At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Andrew Jackson Downing
Born: October 31, 1815
Died: July 28, 1852 (aged 36)
Bio: Andrew Jackson Downing was an American landscape designer, horticulturalist, and writer, a prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival in the United States, and editor of The Horticulturist magazine. Downing is considered to be a founder of American landscape architecture.
Known for:
- The architecture of country houses (1850)
- Victorian cottage residences
- Rural essays