Edward Gardiner Explained
Edward Gardiner (1825–1859) was an American civil engineer and architect. He co-founded the American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects and served as its first vice president. Five years later, he became one of the 13 founders of the American Institute of Architects.[1]
Early life
Gardiner was born in 1825 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the second son of William Howard Gardiner (1797–1880) and Caroline Perkins (1800–1867). His father was a prominent Boston lawyer.
His paternal grandfather was Rev. John Sylvester John Gardiner (1765–1830) and his maternal grandfather was slave-trader Thomas Handasyd Perkins, in 1823.
Career
Gardiner co-founded the American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects and served as its first vice president.[2] [3] Five years later in 1857, he was one of the 13 founders, along with Richard Upjohn and Richard Morris Hunt, of the American Institute of Architects.[1] [4]
Gardiner was known for his debate with Henry C. Dudley over the issue of architectural competitions.[5]
Personal life
In 1849, he married Sophia Harrison Mifflin (1822–1889), the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (née Davis) Mifflin, all of Philadelphia. Together, they lived in New Rochelle, New York and were the parents of five children, including:[6]
- William Howard Gardiner (1851–1906), married Helena Lawrence Baird (1852–1925) in 1873,[7] with whom he had three children.[8] In 1890, he married Tita Butler, daughter of Joseph Butler of Castle Rhebbin, in Kildare, Ireland, and granddaughter of the last Duke of Ormond and Lord de Courcy, of Kingsale.[9]
- Eugenia Gardiner.[10]
- Edward Gardiner II (1854–1907),[11] a biologist who married Jane G. Hooper, daughter of Nathaniel Hooper, on April 6, 1895.[12]
- Elizabeth Gardiner (1856–1937), a prominent social reformer who married Glendower Evans (d. 1886), a Harvard Law School educated lawyer who entered the practice of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., in 1882.[13]
Gardiner died in Chicago, Illinois of a fall from his horse,[14] in 1859.[15] [16] After his early death, his family relocated to Brookline, Massachusetts with his father where they "grew up as poor relations of a very aristocratic family." Two years later, his widow moved the family to Boston where the children attended private schools.[13]
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- Book: Kowsky. Francis R.. Country, Park and City: The Architecture and Life of Calvert Vaux. 2003. Oxford University Press. 9780195171136. 96. 26 October 2017. en.
- Web site: Evans, Elizabeth Glendower (1856–1937) - Dictionary definition of Evans, Elizabeth Glendower (1856–1937). www.encyclopedia.com. Encyclopedia.com. 26 October 2017. en.
- Book: Social Register, Philadelphia. 1914. Social Register Association. 88. 26 October 2017. en.
- Book: Keith. Charles Penrose. The Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania: Who Held Office Between 1733-1776 and Those Earlier Councillors who Were Some Time Chief Magistrates of the Province, and Their Descendants. 1883. Genealogical Publishing Com. 9780806315294. 253. 26 October 2017. en.
- Book: Browning. Charles H.. Americans of Royal Descent: Collection of Genealogies Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some American Families .... 1911. Genealogical Publishing Com. 9780806300542. 127. 26 October 2017. en.
- Book: Boston. Museum of Fine Arts. Annual Report of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. 1891. Boston Museum of Fine Arts. 28. 26 October 2017. en.
- News: Edward Gardiner.. 26 October 2017. The New York Times. 5 November 1907.
- Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. 1910. J. T. White Company. 204. 26 October 2017. en.
- Web site: Evans, Elizabeth Glendower, 1856-1937. Papers of Elizabeth Glendower Evans, 1859-1944 (inclusive), : A Finding Aid. oasis.lib.harvard.edu. Harvard University Library. 26 October 2017.
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- Book: Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine. 1903. New England Historical Publishing Company. Boston. 158. 26 October 2017. en.
- Book: Stanton. Phoebe B.. The Gothic Revival and American Church Architecture: An Episode in Taste, 1840-1856. 1997. JHU Press. 9780801856228. 321. 26 October 2017. en.