Editing Benjamin Henry Latrobe (section)

==Biography==
[[File:BlakeCollectionDuettsTitle.png|thumb|upright|right|An engraving ({{Circa|1807}}) by [[George E. Blake]] of Latrobe's Center Square Water Works in Philadelphia]]
Latrobe was born on May 1, 1764, at the [[Fulneck Moravian Settlement]], near [[Pudsey]] in the city of [[Leeds]], in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England. His parents were [[the Reverend]] Benjamin Latrobe, a leader of the [[Moravian Church]] who was of [[Huguenot]] (French [[Protestant]]) ancestry, and Anna Margaretta Antes whose father was [[Germans|German]] and whose maternal line was Dutch.<ref name="journal-pVII">{{harvnb|Latrobe|1905|p=VII}}</ref> Antes was born in the American colony of [[Pennsylvania]], but was sent to England by her father, a wealthy landowner, to attend a Moravian school at Fulneck.

Latrobe's father, who was responsible for all Moravian schools and establishments in Britain, had an extensive circle of friends in the higher ranks of society. He stressed the importance of education, scholarship, and the value of social exchange; while Latrobe's mother instilled in her son a curiosity and interest in America.<ref>{{harvnb|Hamlin|1955|pp=6–8}}</ref> From a young age, Benjamin Henry Latrobe enjoyed drawing landscapes and buildings.<ref>{{harvnb|Hamlin|1955|p=11}}</ref> He was a brother of Moravian leader and musical composer [[Christian Ignatius Latrobe]].

In 1776, at the age of 12, Latrobe was sent away to the Moravian School at [[Niesky]] in [[Silesia]] near the border of [[Saxony]] and [[Poland]].<ref>{{harvnb|Formwalt|1980}}{{page needed|date=July 2022}}</ref> At age eighteen, he spent several months traveling around Germany, and then joined the [[Royal Prussian Army]], becoming close friends with a distinguished officer in the [[United States Army]]. Latrobe also may have served briefly in the [[Imperial and Royal Army during the Napoleonic Wars|Austrian Imperial Army]], and suffered some injuries or illness.<ref name="journal-pX">{{harvnb|Latrobe|1905|p=X}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Hamlin|1955|pp=13–15}}</ref> After recovering, he embarked on a continental "[[Grand Tour]]", visiting eastern Saxony, [[Paris]], [[Italy]], and other places.<ref name="hamlin-p16">{{harvnb|Hamlin|1955|p=16}}</ref> Through his education and travels, Latrobe mastered German, French, ancient and modern Greek, and Latin. He had advanced ability in Italian and Spanish and some knowledge of Hebrew.<ref name="hamlin-p17">{{harvnb|Hamlin|1955|p=17}}</ref> Latrobe was elected a member of the [[American Antiquarian Society]] in 1815.<ref>[http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistl American Antiquarian Society Members Directory]</ref>

His son, [[Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II]], (sometimes referred to as "Junior"), also worked as a civil engineer. In 1827, he joined the newly organized [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] and designed the longest, most challenging bridge on its initial route: the curving [[Thomas Viaduct]], (the third of four multi-arched "[[viaduct]]s").<ref name="herb.harwood">{{cite book |last=Harwood |first=Herbert H. Jr. |title=Impossible Challenge II: Baltimore to Washington and Harpers Ferry on the Potomac River from 1828 to 1994 |year=1994 |publisher=Barnard, Roberts & Co. |location=Baltimore, MD |isbn=0934118221|page=50}}</ref>

Another son, [[John H. B. Latrobe|John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe]] (1803–1891), was a noted civic leader, lawyer, author, historian, artist, inventor, sometime architect, intellectual, and social activist in [[History of Maryland|Maryland]] While Park Commissioner for the City of Baltimore he co-founded the Baltimore Zoo. Among his inventions and patents, he invented the Latrobe Stove, also known as the "Baltimore Heater", a cast iron coal fired parlor heater.

A grandson, [[Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe]] (1834–1902), Benjamin Henry Latrobe II's son,<ref>"Latrobe, Charles Hazelhurst", in ''Concise [[Dictionary of American Biography]]'' (1964), New York: Scribner's.</ref> continued the tradition of architect and engineer building bridges for the city of Baltimore and for the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]. Charles Hazlehurst fought on the side of the confederacy during the Civil War.

Another grandson, [[Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe]], was a seven-term mayor of Baltimore.

[[Latrobe Park, Baltimore|Latrobe Park]] in south Baltimore is named for the family, as is [[Latrobe Park, New Orleans]], in the [[French Quarter]].