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Edmund R. Purves
Edmund Randolph Purves (June 20, 1897 – April 8, 1964) was an American architect and executive director of the American Institute of Architects. He was also a highly decorated soldier in World War I, serving in both the American Field Service and the American Expeditionary Forces. Early life and military service Purves was born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Betsey P. C. (née Coleman) and Austin M. Purves, a financier and art patron associated with the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. He traveled in Europe with his parents for four months when he was thirteen. Starting in 1907, he attended the Germantown Friends School, graduating in 1914. He attended the University of Pennsylvania where he studied architecture and was a member of the Fraternity of Delta Psi (St. Anthony Hall) and the Art Alliance. He stopped his studies for World War I, serving as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service in France, April through August 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
