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Bio

(1815-1852) Horticulturist, writer. Andrew Jackson Downing was born in Newburgh, New York and died in a boating accident in the Hudson River, New York. He was editor of “The Horticulturist” magazine from 1846 to 1852.

Full Name

Andrew Jackson Downing

Locations

Orange

Author's Timeline


Unknown

INTERMENT

Andrew Jackson Downing is interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, New York.

1815

BIRTH

Andrew Jackson Downing was born in Newburgh, New York in 1815.

1841

LITWORK

Treatise On The Theory And Practice Of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America


Nonfiction.

1842

LITWORK

Cottage Residences: or, A Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Adapted to North America


Nonfiction.

1845

LITWORK

The Fruits And Fruit Trees Of America


Nonfiction.

1849

LITWORK

Additional Notes and Hints to Persons about Building in This Country


Nonfiction.

1850

LITWORK

Architecture of Country Houses


Nonfiction.

1852

DEATH

Andrew Jackson Downing died in the Hudson River near Yonkers, New York in a boating accident.

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