Sir geoffrey jellicoe biography of christopher columbus
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, one of the leading British landscape architects, was selected to realize this unique concept.
He was a landscape architect as well as a prolific writer and theorist, authoring more than a dozen publications..
Geoffrey Jellicoe
British landscape architect (1900–1996)
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe CBE RA VMH | |
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| Born | (1900-10-08)8 October 1900 Chelsea, London, England |
| Died | 17 July 1996(1996-07-17) (aged 95) Lyme Regis, England |
| Alma mater | The Architectural Association |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Projects | JFK Memorial Garden, Runnymede, Hemel Hempstead Water Gardens, Shute House, Sutton Place, Moody Gardens Galveston |
Sir Geoffrey Alan JellicoeCBE RA VMH (8 October 1900 – 17 July 1996) was an English architect, town planner, landscape architect, garden designer, landscape and garden historian, lecturer and author.
His strongest interest was in landscape and garden design.[1][2]
As a designer, he often included "his distinctive signature characteristics, such as canals, weirs, bridges, viewing platforms and associated planting by Jellicoe's wife, Susan," as at the Hemel Hempstead water gardens he designed for this new t