Edward Gardiner

Edward Gardiner (1825–1859) was an American civil engineer and architect. He co-founded the American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects and served as its first vice president. Five years later he was one of the 13 founders of the American Institute of Architects.[1]

For the Australian footballer, see Teddy Gardiner.

Edward Gardiner
Born	1825 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	1859 Chicago, Illinois
Spouse(s)	Sophia Harrison Mifflin ​ ( m. 1849; his death 1859)
Children	5
Parent(s)	William Howard Gardiner Caroline Perkins
Relatives	John Perkins Cushing (uncle) John Sylvester John Gardiner (grandfather) Thomas Handasyd Perkins (grandfather)

Early life

Gardiner was born in 1825 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the second son of William Howard Gardiner (1797–1880) and Caroline Perkins (1800–1867). His father was a prominent Boston lawyer.[2]

His paternal grandfather was Rev. John Sylvester John Gardiner (1765–1830) and his maternal grandfather was merchant Thomas Handasyd Perkins, in 1823.[2]

Career

Gardiner co-founded the American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects and served as its first vice president.[3][4] Five years later in 1857, he was one of the 13 founders, along with Richard Upjohn and Richard Morris Hunt, of the American Institute of Architects.[1][5]

Gardiner was known for his debate with Henry C. Dudley over the issue of architectural competitions.[6]

Personal life

In 1849, he married Sophia Harrison Mifflin (1822–1889), the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (née Davis) Mifflin, all of Philadelphia. Together, they lived in New Rochelle, New York and were the parents of five children, including:[2][7]

• William Howard Gardiner (1851–1906), who married Helena Lawrence Baird (1852–1925) in 1873,[8] with whom he had three children.[9] In 1890, he married Tita Butler, daughter of Joseph Butler of Castle Rhebbin, in Kildare, Ireland, and granddaughter of the last Duke of Ormond and Lord de Courcy, of Kingsale.[10]
• Eugenia Gardiner.[2][11]
• Edward Gardiner II (1854–1907),[12] a biologist who married Jane G. Hooper, daughter of Nathaniel Hooper, on April 6, 1895.[13]
• Elizabeth Gardiner (1856–1937), a prominent social reformer who married Glendower Evans (d. 1886), a Harvard Law School educated lawyer who entered the practice of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., in 1882.[2][14]

Gardiner died in Chicago, Illinois of a fall from his horse,[15] in 1859.[2][16] After his early death, his family relocated to Brookline, Massachusetts with his father where they "grew up as poor relations of a very aristocratic family." Two years later, his widow moved the family into Boston where the children attended private schools.[14]

References

1. Swett, Richard N. (2005). Leadership by Design: Creating an Architecture of Trust. Greenway Communications. p. 31. ISBN 9780975565407. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
2. Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine. Boston: New England Historical Publishing Company. 1903. p. 158. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
3. Engineers, American Society of Civil (1895). Year Book - American Society of Civil Engineers. American Society of Civil Engineers. p. 133. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
4. Engineers, American Society of Civil (1872). Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. American Society of Civil Engineers. p. 495. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
5. Architects, American Institute of (1906). Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Institute of Architects. Committee on Library and Publications. p. 191. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
6. Kowsky, Francis R. (2003). Country, Park and City: The Architecture and Life of Calvert Vaux. Oxford University Press. p. 96. ISBN 9780195171136. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
7. "Evans, Elizabeth Glendower (1856–1937) - Dictionary definition of Evans, Elizabeth Glendower (1856–1937)". www.encyclopedia.com. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
8. Social Register, Philadelphia. Social Register Association. 1914. p. 88. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
9. Keith, Charles Penrose (1883). The Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania: Who Held Office Between 1733-1776 and Those Earlier Councillors who Were Some Time Chief Magistrates of the Province, and Their Descendants. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 253. ISBN 9780806315294. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
10. Browning, Charles H. (1911). Americans of Royal Descent: Collection of Genealogies Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some American Families ... Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 127. ISBN 9780806300542. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
11. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts (1891). Annual Report of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Boston Museum of Fine Arts. p. 28. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
12. "Edward Gardiner". The New York Times. November 5, 1907. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
13. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. J. T. White Company. 1910. p. 204. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
14. "Evans, Elizabeth Glendower, 1856-1937. Papers of Elizabeth Glendower Evans, 1859-1944 (inclusive), : A Finding Aid". oasis.lib.harvard.edu. Harvard University Library. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
15. Simon, Linda (1999). William James Remembered. U of Nebraska Press. p. 58. ISBN 0803292627. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
16. Stanton, Phoebe B. (1997). The Gothic Revival and American Church Architecture: An Episode in Taste, 1840-1856. JHU Press. p. 321. ISBN 9780801856228. Retrieved October 26, 2017.