| LC control no. | n 86071281 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McComb, John, 1763-1853 |
| Variant(s) | Comb, I. M., Junr., 1763-1853 M'Comb, John, 1763-1853 |
| Other standard no. | 26084668 |
| Birth date | 1763-10-17 |
| Death date | 1853-05-25 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Architecture Surveying |
| Affiliation | American Academy of the Fine Arts General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York |
| Profession or occupation | Architects Surveyors Municipal officials and employees |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Rutgers Univ. Libr. for Mitchill, S.L. Papers, 1794-1827 (John McComb) Dictionary of American biography, v. 11, 1943, via Internet Archive, October 11, 2016 (McComb, John; b. Oct. 17, 1763; d. May 25, 1853; architect, of New York, N.Y.; son of John McComb (d. 1811), who was city surveyor of New York City; street commissioner of New York City, 1813-1821) Plan of the city of New York, 1789, via Library of Congress website, October 11, 2016 (engraving, signed I M. Comb Junr. delt.) Stillman, Damie. "McComb, John, Jr.," in American National Biography Online, Feb. 2000, accessed October 11, 2016 ("McComb, John, Jr. (17 Oct. 1763-25 May 1853), architect, was born in New York City, the son of John McComb, Sr., a builder and architect ... The father ... was a city surveyor of New York from 1784 to 1792 ... Trained under his father, McComb first appears as an architect in 1790 ... For the next thirty-five years he practiced architecture in New York, becoming the leader of the profession there ... McComb was street commissioner of New York (1813-1821) ... a New York agent for the commissioner of public buildings in Washington (c. 1815-1819); a member of the American Academy of Fine Arts (1816-1828) ... a longtime member of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen (from 1787) and its president in 1818"; retired from active practice as an architect in 1826; continued to live in New York until his death) <http://www.anb.org/articles/17/17-00568.html> New-York Historical Society Museum and Library website, October 11, 2016 (Guide to the John McComb Architectural Drawings Finding Aid, 1766-1829: "John McComb (Oct. 17, 1763-May 25, 1853) was the principal architect in New York City between 1800 and his retirement in the 1820s ... McComb was made a Street Commissioner and a City Surveyor of New York in 1813, and served in that capacity until 1821") <http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/mccomb/bioghist.html> Union List of Artist Names Online, October 11, 2016 (McComb, John (American architect and surveyor, 1763-1853)) OCLC, October 11, 2016 (access points: McComb, John, 1763-1853; McComb, John; McComb, John, Jr.; McComb, John, Jr., 1763-1853; M'Comb, John, 1763-1853; MComb, John, Jr.; Comb, I. M.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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