American architect (born 1859)

Cass Gilbert

Cass Gilbert was an American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minnesota, Arkansas, and West Virginia, the Detroit Public Library, the Saint Louis Art Museum and Public Library. His public buildings in the Beaux Arts style reflect the optimistic American sense that the nation was heir to Greek democracy, Roman law and Renaissance humanism. Gilbert's achievements were recognized in his lifetime; he served as president of the American Institute of Architects in 1908–09.

Born

1859

November 24

Died

1934

Era

1850s

Country

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1934 Died

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380 Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
847 An earthquake hits Syria, causing multiple casualties and damages in Antioch, Damascus and Mosul.
1190 Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem.
1221 Genghis Khan defeats the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus, completing the Mongol conquest of Central Asia.

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The world in 1934

When Cass departed

april 12 The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
april 12 The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.[citation needed]
april 21 The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1994, it is revealed to be a hoax).
august 11 The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.

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Baruch Spinoza 1632–1677 Dutch philosopher and scholar (born 1632) Clem Burke 1954–2025 American drummer (born 1954) Garret Dillahunt 1964– American actor Lucky Luciano 1897–1962 Italian-American mob boss (born 1897) Oscar Robertson 1938– American basketball player and sportscaster Scott Joplin 1868–1917 American pianist and composer (born 1868) Stephen Merchant 1974– English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Ted Bundy 1946–1989 American serial killer (born 1946) Ye Gongchuo 1881–1968 Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (born 1881)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1859

A. E. Housman 1859–1936 English poet and scholar (born 1859) Alexandre Millerand 1859–1943 French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (born 1859) Alfred Dreyfus 1859–1935 French colonel (born 1859) Arthur Conan Doyle 1859–1930 British writer, creator of Sherlock Holmes (born 1859) Fanny Bullock Workman 1859–1925 American geographer and mountain climber (born 1859) George Giffen 1859–1927 Australian cricketer and footballer (died 1927) Hendrik Wortman 1859–1939 Dutch civil engineer (died 1939) John Jellicoe 1859–1935 1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1935) Venustiano Carranza 1859–1920 Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (died 1920)

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