Burnham, Daniel H (Hudson) (1846–1912)

US architect and city planner. In partnership with John Wellborn Root 1873–91, and later independently, Burnham helped establish the Chicago School with his seminal skyscraper designs. His pioneering city planning, as in Washington, DC 1901–2, and Chicago in 1909, launched the ‘City Beautiful’ movement, reviving classical architectural style.

He was born in Henderson, New York. He trained with William Le Baron Jenney. He was first chairman of the National Commission of Fine Arts (1910–12); he helped found the American Academy in Rome.