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Andrew Jackson Downing  

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  • An american landscape designer and author, Andrew Jackson Downing (1815–52) promoted the Gothic Revival style in gardens throughout the United States, writing a number of books and editing The Horticulturalist, a magazine published from 1846 until 1852. Andrew Downing was born on October 30, 1815, at Newburgh, New York. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Downing, Andrew Jackson (1815–52)]

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