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John Wellborn Root
American architect.
Born January 10th, 1850 in Georgia. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1891 at 41 years old in Chicago (pneumonia). [ref]
Occupations
architect
Wikipedia
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi