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The life of Daniel Hudson Burnham began on September 4th , 1846 in Henderson, New York. He was raised and educated in Chicago and realized his passion for architecture and organization at an early age. Over the course of his life he would inspire many architects as well as influence the progressive movement that was popular in his time. After a career in Politics out west had failed, Burnham moved back to Chicago and began to gain experience while working with William Le Barron Jenney. Jenney at this time was known as the “father of the skyscraper.” At the age of 27 Burnham embarked on a partnership with John Root and began to make a name for their firm by designing Chicago landmarks and homes for the elite. With the help of Burnham’s father in-law John Sherman, a wealthy industrialist, his firm became influential and famous. Some of the famous landmark designed by this pair included the Kent House, Monadnock Building, and the Reliance Building. When Root died prematurely from Pneumonia, Burnham t