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Daniel Burnham
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American architect and urban designer (1846– 1912)

Also known as: D. H. Burnham, Daniel H. Burnham, Daniel Hudson Burnham, Дэниел Хадсон Бернем, دانيال بورنهام, 다니엘 번햄

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Known works

  • Plan of Chicago
  • The final official report of the Director of Works of the World's Columbian Exposition
  • Fasciculus te[m]po[rum] omnes antiquorum cronicas complecte[n]s
  • Report on a plan for San Francisco
  • World's Columbian Exposition