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Pope, John Russell
(b New York, 24 April 1873; d New York, 27 Aug 1937). American architect. Many of his contemporaries considered him the best academic classicist of his generation. He was the son of the portrait painter John Pope (1820–80) ANA and the landscape painter Mary Avery Pope. After starting on a medical career, he enrolled in 1891 at the School of Mines, Columbia College, New York, to study architecture. Following his graduation in 1894, he was joint winner of fellowships to study in Rome in 1895. After 18 months in Rome, he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He returned to New York in 1900 and spent three years in the firm of Bruce Price before starting his own practice.
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