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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.
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 .
In 1901, Wainwright fled the United States after being indicted for bribery, but he later returned and died in St. Louis in 1924, then was entombed with his wife. After his death, an endowment was established that provided for the reconstruction or renovation of the tomb in case of earthquake or vandalism. [ 2 ]
Bellefontaine Cemetery is a nonprofit, non-denominational cemetery and arboretum in St. Louis, Missouri.Founded in 1849 as a rural cemetery, Bellefontaine has several architecturally significant monuments and mausoleums such as the Louis Sullivan-designed Wainwright Tomb, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan is a 2006 documentary film by Manfred Kirchheimer that attempts to tell the story of how Louis Sullivan designed skyscrapers. The film begins by placing the viewer in late 19th century Chicago just after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The film takes the viewer through the early development of ...
A plaster cast of the door was exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exhibition where it won Sullivan an award. Henry joined his wife in the tomb shortly after he died in Paris, France, on March 31, 1919 (date per his obituary in the Chicago Daily Tribune , published April 2, 1919).
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 ]
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.