J. B. Jackson

For the other J.B. Jacksons, see Jesse B. Jackson and John B. Jackson.
Brinck Jackson
Born(1909-09-25)September 25, 1909
Dinard, France
DiedAugust 29, 1996(1996-08-29) (aged 86)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
EducationInstitut Le Rosey
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Harvard University
Occupation(s)Writer, publisher, instructor, and sketch artist

John Brinckerhoff "Brinck"[1] Jackson (September 25, 1909 – August 29, 1996) was a writer, publisher, instructor, and sketch artist in landscape design. Herbert Muschamp, architecture critic of the New York Times, stated that J. B. Jackson was "America's greatest living writer on the forces that have shaped the land this nation occupies."[2] He was influential in broadening the perspective on the "vernacular" landscape.

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