Ralph Adams Cram
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Ralph Adams Cram was a prominent American architect best known for his influential Gothic Revival designs, including major collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings in the early 20th century.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ralph Adams Cram canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Ralph Adams Cram Context triple: [Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, partnerInFirmWith, Ralph Adams Cram]
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John Russell Pope
John Russell Pope was a prominent American architect best known for his grand neoclassical designs in Washington, D.C., including the Jefferson Memorial and the National Archives Building.
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Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a prominent American architect known for his influential Gothic Revival and early modern designs, including major churches, public buildings, and monuments in the early 20th century.
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Edward Durell Stone
Edward Durell Stone was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his modernist yet ornamental designs on major public and cultural buildings.
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Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt was a pioneering 19th-century American architect who helped introduce Beaux-Arts principles to the United States and designed many prominent public buildings and grand residences.
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Ralph Adams Cram (architectural partnership)
Ralph Adams Cram (architectural partnership) was a prominent American architectural firm, led by Ralph Adams Cram, renowned for its influential Gothic Revival and ecclesiastical designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ralph Adams Cram Target entity description: Ralph Adams Cram was a prominent American architect best known for his influential Gothic Revival designs, including major collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings in the early 20th century.
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A.
John Russell Pope
John Russell Pope was a prominent American architect best known for his grand neoclassical designs in Washington, D.C., including the Jefferson Memorial and the National Archives Building.
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B.
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a prominent American architect known for his influential Gothic Revival and early modern designs, including major churches, public buildings, and monuments in the early 20th century.
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C.
Edward Durell Stone
Edward Durell Stone was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his modernist yet ornamental designs on major public and cultural buildings.
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D.
Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt was a pioneering 19th-century American architect who helped introduce Beaux-Arts principles to the United States and designed many prominent public buildings and grand residences.
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Ralph Adams Cram (architectural partnership)
Ralph Adams Cram (architectural partnership) was a prominent American architectural firm, led by Ralph Adams Cram, renowned for its influential Gothic Revival and ecclesiastical designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American architect
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architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | early 20th century ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | late 19th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Royal Gold Medal
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surface form:
Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal (honorary recognition, context of esteem)
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| birthDate | 1863-12-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
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surface form:
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, United States
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1942-09-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| educatedAt | public schools in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| employer | Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson ⓘ |
| familyName | Cram ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
collegiate architecture
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ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ |
| genre |
architectural theory
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religious writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Ralph ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
Collegiate Gothic
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surface form:
American collegiate Gothic style
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| influencedBy | medieval Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gothic Revival ecclesiastical architecture
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collegiate Gothic campus designs ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Collegiate Gothic
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Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form:
Gothic Revival architecture
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| name | Ralph Adams Cram self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bryn Athyn Cathedral (consulting role)
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Cathedral of Saint John the Divine ⓘ
surface form:
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York (design work)
Church of the Advent, Boston (additions and alterations) ⓘ Princeton University Chapel ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ
surface form:
Princeton University Graduate College
Princeton University campus plan ⓘ Rice Institute (Rice University) original campus plan ⓘ St. Thomas Church, New York City ⓘ
surface form:
St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City
Cadet Chapel, United States Military Academy at West Point ⓘ
surface form:
West Point Cadet Chapel
“Church Building: A Study of the Principles of Architecture in Their Relation to the Church” ⓘ “The Substance of Gothic” ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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author ⓘ |
| partnerInFirmWith |
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
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Frank W. Ferguson ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| positionHeld |
head of architecture firm Cram and Ferguson
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supervising architect for Princeton University ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglo-Catholicism
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Episcopal Church ⓘ |
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