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 Natio...
Washington Map Society. Se även wikipedias artikel, 'Pierre Charles L'Enfant'.
Död 1732. Föddes i Holland.
Engelsk kartograf. Kom ca. 1698 till London där han senare hade sin verksamhet. Arbetade först som kopparstickare för andra kartutgivare, men började snart på egen hand. Hans främsta verk är en stor atlas utan titel ca. 1700, 'Atlas Manuale' (1709), 'Atlas Geographus' i 5 band (1711-17), 'New and complete Atlas' (1719) och 'Atlas Minor' (1729). Utarbetade dessutom kartor för 'The Complete Geographer' (1709) och en rad andra geografiska och historiska verk. Han utgav även några böcker, som 'A System of Geography' (1701).
Bland arbeten.
Atlas Manuale.
Atlas Geographus.
New and complete Atlas.
Atlas Minor.
The Complete Geographer.
A System of Geography.
Dict. nat. biogr. - Tooley.
Engraver of Philadelphia; worked with Young, G. H.
For Macpherson 1806,
Carey 1817,
Carey & Lea 1822,
Fielding Luca 1823.
Tooley.
Ingermanlandiae – Homanns Erben 1734
Beatus världskarta. - år 776.
