Background
Nichols, Frederick Doveton was born on July 1, 1911.
( Collaboration with the greatest botanists of his time, ...)
Collaboration with the greatest botanists of his time, an instinctive humanitarianism, and a natural ingenuity in landscape design combined to make Thomas Jefferson a pioneer in American landscape architecture. Frederick D. Nichols and Ralph E. Griswold, in this close study of Jefferson's many notes, letters, and sketches, present a clear and detailed interpretation of his extraordinary accomplishments in the field. Thomas Jefferson, Landscape Architect investigates the many influences on -- and of -- the Jeffersonian legacy in architecture. Jefferson's personality, friendships, and convictions, complemented by his extensive reading and travels, clearly influenced his architectural work. His fresh approach to incorporating foreign elements into domestic designs, his revolutionary approach to relating the house to the surrounding land, and his profound influences on the architectural character of the District of Columbia are just a few of Jefferson's contributions to the American landscape. Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century maps, plans, and drawings, as well as pictures of the species of trees that Jefferson used for his designs, generously illustrate the engaging narrative in Thomas Jefferson, Landscape Architect.
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emeritus architecture educator
Nichols, Frederick Doveton was born on July 1, 1911.
Student, Colorado College, 1931. Master of Fine Arts, Yale University, 1935.
Regional director historic buildings survey National Park Service, 1935-1941. Head architectural studies program University Hawaii, 1946-1950. Associate professor art and architecture University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1950-1960, professor, 1960-1967, Cary Daughter of Langhorne professor architecture, 1967, now emeritus, former chairman division architectural history School Architecture, also university designer buildings and restoration, restoration consultant Jefferson's buildings, from 1970.
Member National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1941-1946. Member Monticello Restoration Committee, 1956, consultant restoration, since 1970. Member Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, 1966-1988.
Member National Fine Arts Commission, 1976-1980. Board directors, trustee Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1970. Member properties committee National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1958-1978.
Member Drayton Hall Charleston South Carolina Council. Consultant restorations Harewood, Virginia, Stratford, Virginia, Christ Church, Lancaster County, Virginia, Jefferson's Poplar Forest, Virginia, John Marshall House, Richmond, Virginia, Woodrow Wilson birthplace, Staunton, Virginia, Tudor Place, Georgetown, Washington, Oatlands, Hamlet, Virginia. Guide, lecturer Jefferson's Garden Tour of France and England Smithsonian Institution, 1978.
Architectural consultant The Eye of Jefferson Exhibition, 1976. Founding member advisory board Jeffersonian Restoration, since 1984. Lecturer in field.
( Collaboration with the greatest botanists of his time, ...)
( Collaboration with the greatest botanists of his time, ...)
With United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Fellow American Institute of Architects (member task force preservation West front Capitol building since 1978). Member American Association Architectural Bibliographers (board directors 1957, founding governor), Walpole Society, Century Association, Colonnade Club.