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Joseph Paxton
English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament (1803-1865)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 3 August 1804, 3 August 1803
- Died
- 8 June 1865, 8 July 1865
- Place of birth
- Bedford, Milton Bryan
- Place of death
- London Borough of Lewisham, London
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Joseph
- Family name
- Paxton
- Child
- Rosa Paxton
- Movement
- Victorian architecture
- Occupation
- botanist, horticulturist, architect, politician, landscape architect, illustrator, gardener
- Position held
- member of the 18th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 17th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Awards
- Knight Bachelor
- artist files at
- Frick Art Research Library
- candidacy in election
- 1857 United Kingdom general election, 1859 United Kingdom general election
- described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, La grande encyclopédie (1886-1902)
- has works in the collection
- Michael C. Carlos Museum
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of political party
- Liberal Party
- name in native language
- Joseph Paxton
- notable work
- The Crystal Palace
- place of burial
- Church of St Peter, Edensor
- relative
- Charlotte Paxton Kendall
- topic's main category
- Category:Joseph Paxton
- work location
- London
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