Background
Wheelwright, Robert was born on February 20, 1884 in Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts, United States. Son of George William and Sophia Elizabeth (Bond) Wheelwright.
Wheelwright, Robert was born on February 20, 1884 in Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts, United States. Son of George William and Sophia Elizabeth (Bond) Wheelwright.
Graduate Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1902. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1906, M.L.A., 1908.
; married 3d, Ellen C. du Pont Meeds, October 7, 1937. In New York office of Wilson Eyre, architect, Philadelphia, 1909-1910. Entered office of Charles Downing Lay, landscape architect, New York, 1910.
Member Lay & Wheelwright, 1916.
Called to Washington, 1917, as camp planner, Construction Division, United States Army. Discharged 1919; private practice, Philadelphia, 1920-1926.
Member Wheelwright, Stevenson and Langran. Professor landscape architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1924-1941.
A founder, editor Landscape Architecture, 1910-1920.
Associate, National Academy of Design, 1952.
Member Lay & Wheelwright, 1916. Member Wheelwright, Stevenson and Langran. Fellow American Society Landscape Architects.
Member American Civic Association, Sigma Xi, Tau Sigma Delta.
Clubs: Harvard, Century Association (New New York
Married Attaresta Barclay Moon (nee De Silver), November, 6, 1920 (deceased. Married 3d, Ellen C. du Pont Meeds, October 7, 1937.