Lloyd Eliot Warren (November 10, 1868 - October 25, 1922) was the founder of the
Beaux-Arts Institute of Design
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Biography
He was born in
Paris, France
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to
George Henry Warren I (November 8, 1823 - April 8, 1892) and Mary Caroline Phoenix (February 27, 1832 - January 18, 1901). His brothers were
Whitney Warren
Whitney Warren (January 29, 1864 – January 24, 1943) was an American Beaux-Arts architect who founded, with Charles Delevan Wetmore, Warren and Wetmore in New York City, one of the most prolific and successful architectural practices in the US ...
(of
Warren & Wetmore
Warren and Wetmore was an architecture firm in New York City which was a partnership between Whitney Warren (1864–1943) and Charles Delevan Wetmore (June 10, 1866 – May 8, 1941), that had one of the most extensive practices of its time and ...
, one of the most prestigious American architecture firms) and
George Henry Warren II, a stockbroker.
Lloyd E. Warren died on October 25, 1922 when he fell out an open window while
sleepwalking
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in his apartment.
The Lloyd Warren Fellowship award was founded to continue his legacy.
References
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1868 births
1922 deaths
Accidental deaths from falls
American architects