1713-1764.
Shipyard commander in Karlskrona 1755.
Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin
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'.
1831-99 Född på Nes vid Fredrikstad, död i Trondheim.
Norsk officer. Han blev officer 1851 i Trondheims infanteribrigad och 1881 major och brigadintendent. 1855-56 var han mättekniker vid 'Norges Geografiske Opmaaling'. Från 1857 länsvägmästare i Söndre Trondheims län. Han var mycket intresserad av fornlämningar i Tröndelag, och lade bl.a. ned ett betydande arbete vid restaureringen av Nidarosdomen. Förutom kartorna över Tröndelags län gav han även ut en rad berättelser om sina arkeologiska undersökningar. Under flera år var han direktör för Vetenskapssällskapet i Trondheim.
Halvorsen.
Ingermanlandiae – Homanns Erben 1734
'D. Carnegie & Cls Fabriker i Göteborg.' - Gustaf Pabst 1870-1879.
