John Brinckerhoff "Brinck"[1] Jackson (September 25, 1909 – August 29, 1996) was a writer, publisher, instructor, and sketch artist in landscape design. Herbert Muschamp, architecture critic of the New York Times, stated that J. B. Jackson was "America's greatest living writer on the forces that have shaped the land this nation occupies."[2] He was influential in broadening the perspective on the "vernacular" landscape. -Wiipedia