Photographers Jacob Riis

Jacob Riis

Living place: Denmark

Birthday: 3-5-1849

Global rank: #42682

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Who is Photographers Jacob Riis?
Danish American journalist and photographer who attempted to alleviate the dire living conditions of impoverished New Yorkers through his writing and photography. Throughout New York there are many parks and buildings named after him. He is considered one of the fathers of photography due to his early acceptance of flash in photography, and he is like that. any? Another half Lives:. Studies in the New York Tenements:. an 1890 publication of photojournalism; seen as the basis of muckraking journalism
 
 

Young / Before famous

He immigrated to America in 1870, when he was 21 years old.

Family life info

His second wife, Mary Phillips, outlived him by 53 years.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Photographers Jacob Riis?
He was lifelong friends with President Theodore Roosevelt and wrote a campaign biography of him.

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When was Photographers Jacob Riis born?
Jacob Riis was born in 3-5-1849, death year is , at the age of 175.
Where is Photographers Jacob Riis's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Jacob Riis was born in Denmark. is a Photographers, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Jacob Riis's global rank is 42682 and whose rank is 71 in list of famous Photographers.
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Events in 1849 and 3-5

Birthday Jacob Riis (3-5) in history

  • Day 3-5 year 1937: Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for Gone With the Wind.
  • Day 3-5 year 1948: The Shelley v. Kraemer Supreme Court decision stated that it is unconstitutional for a court to enforce a restrictive covenant which prevents people of a certain race from owning or occupying property.
  • Day 3-5 year 1979: Margaret Thatcher became the first woman elected prime minister of England.
  • Day 3-5 year 1986: At the age of 54, legendary horse jockey Bill Shoemaker became the oldest person to win the Kentucky Derby, riding Ferdinand to victory.
  • Day 3-5 year 1999: Kansas and Oklahoma were hit by an outbreak of more than 55 tornadoes, including one measured at F5 on the Fujita scale.
  • Day 3-5 year 2001: The United States, a member of the UN Human Rights Commission since its inception, lost its seat. It would be restored the following year.
  • Day 3-5 year 2003: New Hampshire’s symbol, the granite Old Man of the Mountain, collapsed in the state’s Franconia Mountains.
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