Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912, Chicago II
- architect, no academic training, partner
of John Welburn Root (died 1891)
- Chief of Construction Worlds's
Columbian Exhibition (Chicago,1893)
- assembled team of architects to design
the "White City"
- chair of McMillan
Commission to replan Washington DC
- toured Europe visiting Rome and new
railway stations in Paris, Frankfurt
- architect of Washington Union Station
(with help from Charles McKim)
- designed Chicago Union Station, (completed
by his successors)
- developed city plans for Chicago, Cleveland,
San Francisco, Manila
- assistant Edward Bennett developed
city plan for Ottawa, 1915
- generally viewed as an organizer rather than a designer
- was on SS Olympic when close associate Frank Millett died
on SS Titanic
- died soon after of fatigue, in Germany, on day Ottawa Union
Station opened