Frank Lloyd Wright biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Frank Lloyd Wright

Author Name:

Frank Lloyd Wright

Born As:

Frank Lincoln Wright

Other Names:

Frank Lloyd Wright

Born:

8 Jun 1867

Died:

9 Apr 1959




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Architect                          
                          
Mother Anna Lloyd Jones
FatherWilliam Russell Cary Wright
First wife, Catherine Lee Tobin - six children.
In 1909 Wright and Mamah Cheney eloped to Europe; abandoning their own spouses and children - but never married.
In 1924 Wright met Olga Lazovich Hinzenburg - one daughter - Iovanna - and married in 1927                          
One of the world's most prominent and influential architects.
Wright built 363 houses. About 300 survive as of 2005.                          
Interested in site and community planning throughout his career. His commissions and theories on urban design began as early as 1900 and continued until his death. He has 41 commissions that are of a scale that can be considered community planning or urban design.