Benjamin Henry Latrobe
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Architecture
- Subcategories: Engineering, Engineers, Architects
- Curriculum: British History, 18th Century European History, American History 1816-1855, American Early National History (1789-1815)
Article abstract: Latrobe was the founder of the architectural profession in the United States as the country’s first professional architect-engineer.
Early Life
Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe was born May 1, 1764, in Fulneck, Yorkshire, England (near Leeds). Exiled French Protestants, originally named de La Trobe, the family of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (as he usually signed himself) had been distinguished in religious, cultural, and business circles in Ireland, England, and Holland. His father, Benjamin Latrobe, was educated at the University of Glasgow...
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