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Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) [1] was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" [2] and "father of modernism." [3] He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Louis Wade Sullivan (born November 3, 1933) is an active health policy leader, minority health advocate, author, physician, and educator. He served as the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services during President George H. W. Bush 's Administration and was Founding Dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine .
Louis Graydon Sullivan (June 16, 1951 – March 2, 1991) [1] was an American author and activist known for his work on behalf of trans men. He was perhaps the first transgender man to publicly identify as gay, [ 2 ] and is largely responsible for the modern understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity as distinct, unrelated concepts.
He lived from 1818 to 1887 and during his lifetime he, and his son Martin Ryerson, Jr., commissioned several Chicago works by architect Louis H. Sullivan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Ryerson Tomb was commissioned by Martin Ryerson, Jr. in 1887, [ 4 ] and completed by Sullivan, lead designer at Adler & Sullivan , in 1889. [ 1 ]
This new construction technique allowed the construction of very tall buildings and Louis Sullivan was concerned with how to express this "newness" in design, capturing "good ol' American know-how" in the design of these new buildings. [6] [7] [8] In an 1896 essay, Sullivan revealed his fundamental law of design: "form ever follows function". [6]
Richard Nickel was born in the Chicago neighborhood of Humboldt Park in a two-flat located at 4327 W. Haddon. [2] He was raised by first-generation Polish Americans with his grandfather John Nikiel, born in Posen, Germany in 1880. [3]
The Krause Music Store is a 1922 structure designed Louis Sullivan and is a National Historic Landmark Building. It is the last of the 126 buildings designed by Sullivan. [2] [3] With its curvilinear plant-like forms and intricate framing of the picture window, the façade of this building is an outgrowth of Sullivan's belief in organic ...