Burnham, Daniel H.

Burnham, Daniel H. (Hudson) (1846–1912) architect and city planner; born in Henderson, N.Y. He trained with William Le Baron Jenney. In partnership with John Wellborn Root (1873–91) and later independently, Burnham helped establish the Chicago School with his seminal skyscraper designs beginning with the Montauk Block, Chicago (1881–82). His pioneering city planning (as in Washington, D.C. (1901–2) and Chicago (1909)) launched the "City Beautiful" movement. He was first chairman of the National Commission of Fine Arts (1910–12); he helped found the American Academy in Rome.