Henry Wright

Henry Wright (1878 – July 9, 1936), was a planner, architect, and major proponent of the garden city, an idea characterized by green belts and created by Sir Ebenezer Howard. Early life Henry Wright was born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1878. His family was Quaker and he based many of the ideas for his communities on Quaker ideas. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1901. Career Early career In 1902 Wright helped architect George Kessler design the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, when he was only 23 years old. By the early 1920s Wright became one of the core members of the Regional Planning Association of America, along with Clarence Stein, Lewis Mumford, and Benton MacKaye, and it was this association that led to Wright's most well-known work.