J. B. Jackson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

J. B. Jackson

American writer

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1909

Place of Birth: Dinard, Brittany, France

Date of Death: 28-Aug-1996

Profession: writer, historian, geographer, landscape architect

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

John Brinckerhoff "Brinck" Jackson, J.
B.
Jackson, (September 25, 1909, Dinard, France – August 28, 1996, La Cienega, NM) 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.