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Ellen Biddle Shipman

American landscape architect (1869–1950)
Person human Q5364761

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[17]
Date of birth
1869, November 5, 1869[2][8]
Date of death
1950, March 27, 1950[4][9]
Place of birth
Philadelphia
Place of death
Warwick Parish
Country of citizenship
United States[14]
Occupation
landscape architect, architect, garden designer
Educated at
Radcliffe College, Harvard University[15][16]
Father
Bvt. Brig. Gen. James Biddle, U.S.V., USA[10]
Mother
Ellen McGowan Biddle[11]
Child
Evan Shipman, Ellen Biddle Shipman[12][13]
Archives at
Archives of American Gardens, Smithsonian Institution[18][19]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Family name
Biddle, Shipman[21][22]
Given name
Ellen[23]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Art+Feminism, WikiProject American Women's History Initiative
Residence
Plainfield[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ellen Biddle Shipman en Ellen Shipman en Shipman, Ellen Biddle, 1869-1950 de Ellen Shipman es Ellen Shipman fr Ellen Shipman zh 埃伦·比德尔·托普曼 zh-hant 埃倫·比德爾·托普曼
🔖 Identifiers · 22
ISNI
0000000066790800
VIAF cluster ID
77126965
Library of Congress authority ID
n88172729
GND ID
119499673
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
E. Shipman 1820.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
1701131
ArchINFORM person/group ID
13562
Artists of the World ID
6b8cb87d-94d4-4c46-a020-beda785e27dc
DDB person (GND) ID
119499673
FAST ID
1799810
Freebase ID
/m/0bcvk5
Geni.com profile ID
6000000017387435585
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Grove Art Online ID
T2090947
IdRef ID
192729535
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
104971
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100502333
Québec cultural heritage directory people ID
12171
SNAC ARK ID
w6s195cq
Union List of Artist Names ID
500067425
WikiTree person ID
Biddle-2492
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyMgPkfJ93GQqYBxMctrq
Yale LUX ID
person/75eef2b5-5f05-4a2d-a1bc-eb552270b84f

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🔗 Connections
Educated at 2
Harvard University, Radcliffe College
Occupation 2
architect, landscape architect
Archives at 1
Smithsonian Institution
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Ellen
Instance of 1
human
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Art+Feminism
Place of birth 1
Philadelphia
Residence 1
Plainfield
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Ellen Biddle Shipman's place of birth was Philadelphia[1]. She was born on January 1, 1869[2]. She died in Warwick Parish[3]. She died on January 1, 1950[4]. She worked as a landscape architect[5], architect[6], and garden designer[7].

Body

Education

Educated at Radcliffe College[15], a college[24], in United States[25], founded in 1879[26] and Harvard University[16], a private university[27], in United States[28], founded in 1636[29], headquartered in Cambridge[30].

Personal Life

Children include Evan Shipman[12], a writer[31], 1904–1957[32] and Ellen Biddle Shipman[13], 1894–1968[33].

FAQs

Where was Ellen Biddle Shipman born?

Born in Philadelphia[1].

Where did Ellen Biddle Shipman die?

Ellen Biddle Shipman died in Warwick Parish[3].

Who were Ellen Biddle Shipman's parents?

Ellen Biddle Shipman's father was Bvt. Brig. Gen. James Biddle, U.S.V., USA[10]. Ellen Biddle Shipman's mother was Ellen McGowan Biddle[11].

What did Ellen Biddle Shipman do for work?

Ellen Biddle Shipman worked as landscape architect[5], architect[6], and garden designer[7].

Where did Ellen Biddle Shipman go to school?

Ellen Biddle Shipman was educated at Radcliffe College[15] and Harvard University[16].

Related Entities

Smithsonian Institution United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . n2t.net. Retrieved . n2t.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [2] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [4] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of death → +1950-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1950-03-27T00:00:00Z
    Date of birth → +1869-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1869-11-05T00:00:00Z
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  2. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Warwick Parish
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  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Ellen
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Art+Feminism, WikiProject American Women's History Initiative
    Family name → Biddle, Shipman
    Country of citizenship → United States
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