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Ellwood, Craig

LC control no.n 87873083
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Personal name headingEllwood, Craig
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Variant(s)Burke, Jon Nelson
Burke, Johnnie
Burk, Jon Nelson
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedLos Angeles (Calif.) Pergine Valdarno (Italy)
Birth date1922-04-22
Death date1992-05-30
Place of birthClarendon (Tex.)
Place of deathPergine Valdarno (Italy)
Profession or occupationArchitects
Found inRichardson, S. Craig Ellwood, 1987: p. 1 (architect; attended the Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles and received his architectural license in 1952)
Wikipedia, viewed December 15, 2021 (Craig Ellwood; born Jon Nelson Burke, in Clarendon, Tex., April 22, 1922; influential Los Angeles-based modernist architect whose career spanned early 1950s through mid 1970s; known as Johnnie Burke; served in U.S. Army Air Corps after high school; set up contracting company with brother Cleve and the Marzicola brothers; firm named Craig Ellwood based on liquor store located in front of their offices; Burke later changed his name to Craig Ellwood; died May 30, 1992, in Pergine Valdarno, Italy, where he'd been living since late 1970s)
Some reasons for travelling to Italy, ©2016: page 57 (Jon Nelson Burk, California architect, changed name to Craig Ellwood)