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|birth_date=25 September 1909
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|death_date=29 August 1996
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|education=University of Wisconsin–Madison; Harvard University
|occupation=Writer, publisher, instructor, and sketch artist
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'''J. B. Jackson''' was a United States Army First Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 1]].
John Brinckerhoff "Brinck" Jackson (September 25, 1909 – August 29, 1996) was a writer, publisher, instructor, and sketch artist in landscape design. Herbert Muschamp, architecture critic of the New York Times, stated that J. B. Jackson was "America's greatest living writer on the forces that have shaped the land this nation occupies." He was influential in broadening the perspective on the "vernacular" landscape.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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John Brinckerhoff "Brinck" Jackson (September 25, 1909 – August 29, 1996) was a writer, publisher, instructor, and sketch artist in landscape design. Herbert Muschamp, architecture critic of the New York Times, stated that J. B. Jackson was "America's greatest living writer on the forces that have shaped the land this nation occupies." He was influential in broadening the perspective on the "vernacular" landscape.
 


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Jackson Wikipedia: J. B. Jackson]
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)