Albert Davis Taylor

Albert Davis Taylor (1883–1951) was an American landscape architect and author, notable for his many gardens and his promotion of garden shows.

Taylor was born in Massachusetts, but opened his landscape architecture office in Cleveland, Ohio in 1913. Notable among his many publications was his 1921 book, "The Complete Garden". [Taylor, Albert Davis (1921) "The Complete Garden" Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/693018 OCLC 93018] [http://books.google.com/books?id=GruEAAAAIAAJ Full text] from Google Books] [Burrell, C. Colston "et al." (2006) "Hellebores: A Comprehensive Guide" Timber Press, Portland, Or., p. 46, ISBN 0-88192-765-1] During the New Deal, Taylor was a consultant for the U.S. Forest Service, conducting a needs and requirements survey of the national forests in 1936. Increasing public use of national forests made it necessary to reevaluate the standard of landscape design throughout the system in an effort to preserve the natural aspects of the forest, while accommodating their use. Taylor's papers (1918-1942) are archived at the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. [ [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80406368 OCLC 80406368] ]

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References

* Staff (1954) "Albert Davis Taylor, 1883-1951" "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography" (Permanent series volume 39) James T. White & Co., New York, p. 316
* Birnbaum, Charles A. and Karson, Robin (eds.) (2000) "Albert Davis Taylor" "Pioneers of American Landscape Design" McGraw Hill, New York, pp. 390-395, ISBN 0-07-134420-9
* Robbins, Cane (29 March 1930) "On the Career of a Landscape Architect" "Bystander" pp. 13, 14 & 64

External links

* [http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix/Image.cfm?ID=5726 Photograph of Albert Davis Taylor in Florida, ca. 1930-1949]