About James Frederick Dawson
Lived 1874 – 1941 (aged 66–67). James Frederick Dawson was an American landscape architect.
James Frederick Dawson (1874–1941) was an American landscape architect. His father, Jackson Thornton Dawson, was superintendent of the Arnold Arboretum, and Dawson himself was actually born in the arboretum. Dawson graduated from Harvard University in 1896 and joined the Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm, where he led many significant commissions. He became a full partner in 1922.
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Who was James Frederick Dawson?
American landscape architect (1874–1941)
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James Frederick Dawson was born in 1874.
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James Frederick Dawson died in 1941.
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James Frederick Dawson was a landscape architect.
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James Frederick Dawson was American.
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