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'''John Brinkerhoff Jackson''' (25 September 1909 &ndash; 29 August 1996) was a United States Army captain who trained in [[Camp Ritchie]] [[Class 1]] and served in G-2 with the 9th Infantry Division, and who later became an influential writer, publisher, and teacher on the American landscape.
'''John Brinckerhoff Jackson''' (25 September 1909 &ndash; 29 August 1996) was a United States Army captain who trained in [[Camp Ritchie]] [[Class 1]] and served in G-2 with the 9th Infantry Division, and who later became an influential writer, publisher, and teacher on the American landscape.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
John Brinkerhoff Jackson, known as Brinck, was born on 25 September 1909 in Dinard, France, to American parents, and spent his early school years in Washington, D.C., and in Europe. From 1923 he attended the Institut Le Rosey in Rolle, Switzerland, where he became fluent in French and German, and he later attended Eaglebrook School, Choate, and Deerfield Academy in New England, spending summers on his uncle's farm in New Mexico. In 1928 he attended the Experimental College of the University of Wisconsin for one year, and in 1929 he entered Harvard, where he wrote for the ''Harvard Advocate'' and graduated in 1932.
John Brinckerhoff Jackson, known as Brinck, was born on 25 September 1909 in Dinard, France, to American parents, and spent his early school years in Washington, D.C., and in Europe. From 1923 he attended the Institut Le Rosey in Rolle, Switzerland, where he became fluent in French and German, and he later attended Eaglebrook School, Choate, and Deerfield Academy in New England, spending summers on his uncle's farm in New Mexico. In 1928 he attended the Experimental College of the University of Wisconsin for one year, and in 1929 he entered Harvard, where he wrote for the ''Harvard Advocate'' and graduated in 1932.


After Harvard, Jackson took courses in architecture, writing, and drawing and traveled through Europe in 1934 and 1935 studying the Baroque. He wrote articles critical of Nazism for ''The American Review'' and ''Harper's'', and his novel ''Saints in Summertime'' was published in 1938. After briefly ranching in New Mexico, he enlisted in the Army in 1940.
After Harvard, Jackson took courses in architecture, writing, and drawing and traveled through Europe in 1934 and 1935 studying the Baroque. He wrote articles critical of Nazism for ''The American Review'' and ''Harper's'', and his novel ''Saints in Summertime'' was published in 1938. After briefly ranching in New Mexico, he enlisted in the Army in 1940.
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John_Brinkerhoff_Jackson_0214183_Landscape_Military_p133.png|John Brinkerhoff Jackson, ''Landscape as Seen by the Military'' (memoir excerpt, p. 133) — Internet Archive discoveringverna0000jack.
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