Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank, or Lloyd as he is most commonly referred to, was born on June 8, 1867. Before he was even born his mother was determined to make him into an architect. In 1887 Lloyd pawned some of his father's book so he could buy himself a ticket to Chicago. On his fourth day in Chicago he went to the office of Joseph Lyman Silsbee. After being interviewed by one of Silsbee's draftmen Lloyd was hired as a tracer for a salary of eight dollars a week. Wright worked there for about year before he found a job with a higher salary. He began to work with Louis Sullivan and Danmark Adler. Lloyd will openly admit that only Sullivan effected him as a true engineer would. In 1893 Sullivan fired him because Lloyd was asking for to many independent jobs. In the 1920's Wright built a number of houses in Hollywood for famous actors. Lloyd died on April 9, 1964.