Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (born 1885)

Gunnar Asplund

Erik Gunnar Asplund was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s during the last decade of his life. At this time, he was a major proponent of the modernist style which made its breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Exhibition (1930). Asplund was professor of architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1931. " The Woodland Crematorium at Stockholm South Cemetery (1935-1940) is considered his finest work and one of the masterpieces of modern architecture.

Born

1885

September 22

Died

1940

Era

1880s

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Gunnar, in brief

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1885 Born
1940 Died

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The world in 1940

When Gunnar departed

april 14 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.
april 23 The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
april 7 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
april 8 The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Charles Brenton Huggins 1901–1997 Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901) David Stern 1942–2020 American lawyer and businessman (born 1942) Emmanuel Petit 1970– French footballer Erich von Stroheim 1885–1957 Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1885) Ibragim Todashev 1985– Russian-American mixed martial artist (died 2013) Kim You-jung 1999– South Korean actress Michael Faraday 1791–1867 English physicist and chemist (born 1791) Mystikal 1970– American rapper and actor T. S. Sinnathuray 1930–2016 Judge of the High Court of Singapore (born 1930)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1885

Alice Paul 1885–1977 American activist and suffragist (died 1977) Clare Sheridan 1885–1970 English sculptor and author (born 1885) D. H. Lawrence 1885–1930 English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1885) Erich von Stroheim 1885–1957 Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1885) Frank Patrick 1885–1960 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1960) Giacomo Matteotti 1885–1924 Italian lawyer and politician (born 1885) Grace Hutchins 1885–1969 American labor reformer and researcher (died 1969) John Curtin 1885–1945 Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1945) John Tovey 1885–1971 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (born 1885)

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