Comey, Arthur C. (Arthur Coleman), 1886-1954

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City planner and landscape architect. Educated at Harvard University (A.B. cum laude, 1907). His first professional employment was in 1908 as landscape architect for the Lowell Park Commission, Dixon, Illinois. In 1909 he became Superintendent of Parks at Utica, New York. Opened an office as "Consultant on City Planning," in Harvard Square, Cambridge in 1911 where he remained until 1950. From 1928 to 1940, also served on the faculties of schools at Harvard, first as a lecturer in the School of Landscape Architecture, then as assistant professor in the School of City Planning, and with the establishment of the Department of Regional Planning as associate professor. Comey died in 1954.

From the description of Papers of Arthur Coleman Comey, 1904-1950 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 188581334

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referencedIn Black, Russell Van Nest, 1893-1969. Russell Van Nest Black papers, 1919-1968. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Comey, Arthur Coleman, 1886-. Papers of Arthur Coleman Comey, 1904-1950 (inclusive). Harvard University, Frances Loeb Library
referencedIn Caswell, Charles Henry, 1859-1916. Papers. Libraries Australia
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associatedWith Black, Russell Van Nest, 1893-1969. person
correspondedWith Caswell, Charles Henry, 1859-1916. person
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City planning
Landscape architecture
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City planners
Landscape architects
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Birth 1886-09-06

Death 1954

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