On this day, 158 years ago, June 8, 1867 (May 7, 1867 in the lunar calendar), American architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born. Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867, in Richland Center, Wisconsin; died on April 9, 1959, in Phoenix, Arizona. He was 91. His father, William Cary Wright, was a musician and missionary; His mother, Anna Lloyd Jones, came from a Welsh family near Spring Green, Wisconsin, and was a teacher; Wright had two younger sisters, Jane(born 1869) and Maginel(born 1877). Born on June 8, 1867(1869) in Richland Center, Wisconsin. (Age unknown) studied civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin, but his grades were average and he left school three months short of graduation. In 1887, he went to Chicago to find work. In Chicago, he was deeply influenced by architects D. Adler and L. Sullivan. In 1888, he joined the architectural firm of architects D. Atler and L. Sullivan. He married in 1889 and had six children with his first wife. The firm was opened in 1893 until his death, during which time more than 800 buildings were designed, of which about 400 were built. Traveling to Japan in 1905. In 1909, he fell in love with a customer's wife and separated from his first wife. In the same year, Wright traveled to Europe and Japan to avoid criticism from all walks of life. In 1911 Wright returned to live in his hometown of Tariesen, Wisconsin. In 1914, Wright's lover and his children were burned to death in an accidental fire in Taliesen. He died on April 9, 1959 in Phoenix, USA. works