Edward Bassett
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 76 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 7,1863 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Brooklyn |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | October 27,1948 |
| Died | Brooklyn |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Party | Democratic Party |
| Children | Isabel Bassett Wasson |
| Preston Bassett | |
| Job | Lawyer |
| Politician | |
| Education | Hamilton College |
| Amherst College | |
| Columbia Law School | |
| Books | Zoning - Scholar's Choice Edition |
| Zoning: The Laws, Administration, and Court Decisions During the First Twenty Years | |
| Zoning as an Element in City Planning, and for Protection of Property Values, Public Safety, and Public Health | |
| Constitutional Limitations on City Planning Powers | |
| Spous | Annie Rebecca Preston Bassett |
| Current office | 2022-05-14 20:10:24 |
| Previous position | Representative (1903–1905) |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1676379 |
Edward Bassett Life story
Edward Murray Bassett, "the father of American zoning", and one of the founding fathers of modern-day urban planning, wrote the first comprehensive zoning ordinance in the United States, which was adopted by New York City in 1916. He also served one term as a U.S. Representative for New York from 1903 to 1905.
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