Political Career
Paxton was a Liberal Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1854 until his death in 1865.
In June 1855 he presented a scheme he called the Great Victorian Way to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Metropolitan Communications in which he envisioned the construction of an arcade, based on the structure of the Crystal Palace, in a ten mile loop around the centre of London. It would have incorporated a roadway, an atmospheric railway, housing and shops.
The standard author abbreviation Paxton is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.Read more about this topic: Joseph Paxton
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