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(born 1715, Kirkharle, Northumberland, Eng.died Feb. 6, 1783,
London) British master of naturalistic garden design. He worked
for years at Stowe, Buckinghamshire, one of the most talked-of
gardens of the day, under William Kent (1685–1748). By 1753 he
was the leading improver of grounds in England. At Blenheim
Palace he created masterly lakes and almost totally erased the
earlier formal scheme. His landscapes consisted of expanses of
grass, irregularly shaped bodies of water, and trees placed
singly and in clumps. His style is often thought of as the
antithesis of that of André Le Nôtre, designer of the formal
Versailles gardens. Brown's nickname arose from his habit of
saying that a place had capabilities. Variants of BROWN,
CAPABILITY Brown, Capability orig. Lancelot Brown This entry
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