English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (born 1869)

Edwin Lutyens

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memorials and public buildings. In his biography, the writer Christopher Hussey wrote, "In his lifetime (Lutyens) was widely held to be our greatest architect since Wren if not, as many maintained, his superior". The architectural historian Gavin Stamp described him as "surely the greatest British architect of the twentieth century".

Born

1869

March 29

Died

1944

Era

1860s

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1944 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

1139 Pope Innocent II issues the bull Omne datum optimum in which he endorses the Knights Templar and approves the Templar Rule.
1430 The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.
1461 Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a temporary stop to the Wars of the Roses.
1549 The city of Salvador, Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.

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The world in 1944

When Edwin departed

april 1 World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
april 10 Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
april 16 World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
april 17 Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Billy Beane 1962– American baseball player and manager Brad McCrimmon 1959– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011) Christopher Lambert 1957– American-French actor Israel Finkelstein 1949– Israeli archaeologist and professor Jo Nesbø 1960– Norwegian writer, musician and football player John Tyler 1790–1862 American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (born 1790) Lou Henry Hoover 1874– American philanthropist and geologist, 33rd First Lady of the United States (died 1944) Michael Brecker 1949–2007 American saxophonist and composer (born 1949) Nick Ut 1951– Vietnamese-American photographer

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1869

Emilio Aguinaldo 1869–1964 Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (born 1869) Gustav Vigeland 1869–1943 Norwegian sculptor, designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal (died 1943) Henri Désiré Landru 1869– French serial killer (died 1922) José María Pino Suárez 1869– Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup (died 1913) Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (born 1869) Mary Colter 1869–1958 American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (died 1958) Neville Chamberlain 1869–1940 English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1940) Robbie Ross 1869– Canadian journalist and art critic (died 1918) Will Marion Cook 1869– American violinist and composer (died 1944)

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