# William Strickland

> William Strickland was a noted American architect and civil engineer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Nashville, Tennessee. A student of Benjamin Latrobe and mentor to Thomas Ustick Walter, Strickland helped establish the Greek Revival movement in the United States. A pioneering engineer, he wrote a seminal book on railroad construction, helped build several early American railroads, and designed the first ocean breakwater in the Western Hemisphere. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1820.

*American architect (1788-1854)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Architect
- **Category:** Architects
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1788
- **Died:** 1854-04-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 44.9

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