Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951
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Name (Latin)
Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951
Date of birth
1860-09-13
Date of death
1951-10-01
Field of activity
Landscape architecture
Occupation
Landscape architects
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Wikipedia, Nov. 9, 2016(Jens Jensen (landscape architect); b. Sept. 13, 1860, d. Oct. 1, 1951; a Danish-American landscape architect; born near Dybbøl, Denmark; in 1884 immigrated to the United States; he worked in Florida, and then at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, before moving to Chicago and taking a job as a laborer for the West Park Commission. He was soon promoted to a foreman; Jensen was appointed superintendent of the 200 acre Humboldt Park in 1895; by 1905 he was general superintendent of the entire West Park System in Chicago; In the 1910s, Jensen played a role in building support for the preservation of part of the Indiana Dunes sand dune ecosystem; In 1920 he retired from the park system and started his own landscape architecture practice; In 1935 Jensen moved from Highland Park, Illinois to Ellison Bay, Wisconsin where he established The Clearing Folk School; Jens Jensen died at his home, now The Clearing Folk School)
- His Siftings, 1990:CIP t.p. (Jens Jensen) pub. info. (1860-1951; Danish born landscape architect; Jens Peter Jensen)
- LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951)