Joseph Paxton
English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament (1803-1865) · United Kingdom · Architects · Lived 1804 to 1865 · aged 60
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The Conservative Wall at Chatsworth
Portrait of Paxton in The Illustrated London News, 1865
Annie Paxton standing on a Victoria amazonica leaf in the lily house; Paxton's design for the Crystal Palace took its cue from the organic structure of this plant.![Named after William Cavendish, Cavendish bananas were cultivated by Paxton in the greenhouses of Chatsworth House in 1836.[6] They account for the vast majority of bananas consumed in the western world.[6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Bananas.jpg/1280px-Bananas.jpg)
Named after William Cavendish, Cavendish bananas were cultivated by Paxton in the greenhouses of Chatsworth House in 1836.[6] They account for the vast majority of bananas consumed in the western world.[6]
Great Conservatory at Chatsworth, built from 1836 to 1841 and demolished in the 1920s.
The 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park .![Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-65), Facsimile of the First Sketch for the Great Exhibition Building, About 1850, Pen and ink on blotting paper V&A Museum no. E.941-1983[10] Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gtexhib.jpg/1280px-Gtexhib.jpg)
Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-65), Facsimile of the First Sketch for the Great Exhibition Building, About 1850, Pen and ink on blotting paper V&A Museum no. E.941-1983[10] Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonAwards
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Sir Joseph Paxton was an English gardener, architect, engineer and Liberal Member of Parliament. He is best known for designing the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park, London to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first world's fair, great public parks such as Birkenhead Park, and for cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most consumed banana in the Western world.
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