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Sir Joseph Paxton
Sir Joseph Paxton
Born(1803-08-03)3 August 1803
Bedfordshire, England
Died8 June 1865(1865-06-08) (aged 61)
Sydenham, London, England
OccupationArchitect
The Conservative Wall at Chatsworth

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.

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Joseph Paxton

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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...

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The Crystal Palace

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examples of technology developed in the Industrial Revolution. Designed by Joseph Paxton, the Great Exhibition building was 1,851 feet (564 m) long, with an...

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Mentmore Towers

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Rothschild family in the village of Mentmore in Buckinghamshire. Sir Joseph Paxton and his son-in-law, George Henry Stokes, designed the building in the...

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Park

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Park in the Liverpool suburb of Toxteth, laid out to the designs of Joseph Paxton from 1842 and opened in 1843. The land on which the Princes park was...

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Cavendish banana

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and friend, Sir Joseph Paxton, cultivated them in the greenhouses of Chatsworth House. The plants were botanically described by Paxton as Musa cavendishii...

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Palacio de Cristal del Retiro

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more comparable to the techniques pioneered by the British architects Joseph Paxton (who was responsible for London's Crystal Palace) and Decimus Burton...

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Emperor Fountain

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Devonshire, decided to construct the world's highest fountain, and set Joseph Paxton to work to build it. An eight-acre (32,000 m2) lake, the Emperor Lake...

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Birkenhead Park

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in the centre of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847. Birkenhead park was designated a conservation...

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Chatsworth House

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still form the setting of the Cascade. In 1826 a 23-year-old named Joseph Paxton, who had trained at Kew Gardens, was appointed head gardener at Chatsworth...

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Crystal Palace Park

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Park, Joseph Paxton appealed for the retention of The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, but the government decreed that the Palace be removed. Paxton formed...

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Urban park

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the Liverpool suburb of Toxteth. This was laid out to the designs of Joseph Paxton from 1842 and opened in 1843. The land on which the park was built was...

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Ken Paxton

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Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. (born December 23, 1962) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the attorney general of Texas since 2015. A member...

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Orangery

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the 1840s, and were quickly overshadowed by the glass architecture of Joseph Paxton, the designer of the 1851 Crystal Palace. His "great conservatory" at...

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Victoria amazonica

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end, the two aforementioned dukes became the first to achieve this, Joseph Paxton (for the Duke of Devonshire) being the first in November 1849 by replicating...

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Paxton Gate

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Paxton Gate is a San Francisco-based company founded in 1992 by Sean Quigley that is named after famed British gardener and architect Sir Joseph Paxton...

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Joseph Brant

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p. 17. Paxton 2008, p. 20. Paxton 2008, p. 21. Paxton 2008, p. 22. Paxton 2008, pp. 22–23. Paxton 2008, p. 23. Paxton 2008, pp. 23–24. Paxton 2008, pp...

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Capesthorne Hall

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1837 the orangery was replaced by a large conservatory designed by Joseph Paxton. In 1861 the main part of the house was virtually destroyed by fire...

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John Lindley

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many years, and to The Gardeners' Chronicle, which he co-founded with Joseph Paxton, William Bradbury and Wentworth Dilke, and where he was in charge of...

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Renaissance Revival architecture

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Towers and the Château de Ferrières, both designed in the 1850s by Joseph Paxton for members of the Rothschild banking family. The style is characterized...

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Birkenhead

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Olmsted's design for Central Park in New York City. Designed by Joseph Paxton (later Sir Joseph Paxton) in 1843 and officially opened in 1847, with great festivity...

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Victorian architecture

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greatest exponents of iron frame construction was Joseph Paxton, architect of the Crystal Palace. Paxton also continued to build such houses as Mentmore...

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Dwarf Cavendish banana

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His gardener, Sir Joseph Paxton cultivated them in the greenhouses of Chatsworth House. The plants were botanically described by Paxton as Musa cavendishii...

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London Borough of Bromley

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– actor (1807–1867) John Pennington Harman VC – Soldier (1914–1944) Joseph Paxton – English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament Little Tich (Harry...

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