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Sir Joseph Paxton (3 August 1803 – 8 June 1865) was an English gardener, architect, engineer and Member of Parliament, best known for designing the Crystal Palace and for cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most consumed banana in the Western world.
Jun 4, 2024 · Sir Joseph Paxton (born Aug. 3, 1801, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, Eng.—died June 8, 1865, Sydenham, near London) was an English landscape gardener and designer of hothouses, who was the architect of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London.
Born into the heartland of England, Sir Joseph Paxton (1803–1865) was an extraordinary figure whose legacy spans horticulture, architecture, engineering and politics. His prolific contributions have left an indelible mark on British heritage, shaping the landscape through his innovative designs and influencing the nation's architectural ...
Jul 5, 2013 · The Crystal Palace was a glass and cast iron structure built in London, England, for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The building was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, an architect and gardener, and...
English architect Sir Joseph Paxton © Paxton was an English gardener, designer, writer and creator of one of most famous buildings of Victoria's reign, the Crystal Palace. Joseph Paxton was...
Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. for Coventry, one of the most famous gardeners of modern times, who died, on the 8th inst., at his residence, Rock Hills, Sydenham, after an illness of some weeks' duration, was the son of a Bedfordshire yeoman, William Paxton, of Milton-Bryant, near Woburn.
Paxton, Sir Joseph (1803–1865), landscape gardener and architect, was born on 3 August 1803 at Milton Bryan (or Bryant) in Bedfordshire, the youngest of the eight children of William Paxton (1758/9–1810), an agricultural labourer, and his wife, Ann Rooke (1760/61–1823), who is said to have come from Whaddon Chase, Buckinghamshire.
Joseph Paxton. 1801-1865. British architect and horticulturist best known for his design of the Crystal Palace, an iron and glass structure erected in London's Hyde Park in 1851.
Sir Joseph Paxton: The Versatile Gardener. Architect and landscape-gardener to the sixth Duke of Devonshire, Paxton reached his highest fame in 1851 with the creation of the Crystal Palace, writes Tudor Edwards.
The Crystal Palace, designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, was a remarkable construction of prefabricated parts. It consisted of an intricate network of slender iron rods sustaining walls of clear glass.
