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Biografier.

DELLEKER, GEORGE.


Engraver of Philadelphia; worked with Young, G. H.
For Macpherson 1806,
Carey 1817,
Carey & Lea 1822,
Fielding Luca 1823.



Tooley.

EURELIUS, GUNNO.


Se Dahlstierna.

GROVE, CARL FREDERIK.

1758-1829. Född och död i Köpenhamn.
Dansk sjöofficer. 1776 officer, 1789 kaptenlöjtnant, 1797 kapten och 1803 generalkrigskommissarie. Han deltog 1786 i Poul Lövenorns (se denne) expedition till Grönland, och beordrades 1787-1800 att leda arbetet med kartläggningen av den norska kusten från Tröndelag till Svinesund. Medlem av en rad sjömilitära kommissioner, Amiralitetskollegiet m.fl.


Bricka.


Stockholm - Mentzer ca 1860.


'Öregrund.' - Stockholm 1936.

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L'ENFANT, PIERRE CHARLES.

Biografiska uppgifter:1754-1825.
L'Enfant was born in Paris where he trained to be an architect. He came to America in 1777, and served George Washington as an engineer during the Revolutionary War. In 1791 President Washington asked L'Enfant to design the new capitol city in the District of Columbia. L'Enfant designed a city similar in layout to the then French capitol city of Versailles. The Capitol in Washington sits in a position similar to that of the palace in Versailles, the White House (originally called the President's House) in the position of Grand Trianon, and the Mall is like the Parc. The Commissioners of the City of Washington wanted to have a printed copy of the plan when they began to sell building lots. L'Enfant irritated them by working slowly and releasing only sketchy plans . On instruction from President Washington, Thomas Jefferson on February 27, 1792 wrote a letter to L'Enfant dismissing him as city planner. L'Enfant died penniless and was buried on a friend's estate. In 1909 his remains were moved to Arlington National Cemetery on a hill overlooking the capitol city.



(Washington Map Society. Se även wikipedias artikel, 'Pierre Charles L'Enfant'. )

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