Lancelot 'Capability' Brown

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lancelot_'Capability'_Brown
GPTKB entity
Statements (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:landscape
botanist
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Lancelot_Brown
gptkbp:children 7
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Capability_Brown_Festival_(2016)
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1716
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 6 February 1783
gptkbp:education apprenticeship at Kirkharle Hall
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Stowe_House
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lancelot 'Capability' Brown
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Humphry_Repton
gptkbp:knownFor English landscape garden style
gptkbp:legacy transformed English country house landscapes
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Capability_Brown
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Kew_Gardens
gptkb:Hampton_Court_Palace_gardens
gptkb:Chatsworth_House_gardens
gptkb:Blenheim_Palace_gardens
gptkb:Stowe_Gardens
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:landscape
gptkbp:period 18th century
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Kirkharle,_Northumberland,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Fenstanton,_Cambridgeshire,_England
gptkbp:signature clumps of trees
ha-ha walls
naturalistic landscapes
serpentine lakes
sweeping lawns
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Bridget_Wayet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Great_Vine
gptkb:The_Backs
gptkb:Woburn_Abbey
gptkb:Knowsley_Hall
gptkb:Croome_Court
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5