 Due to his groundbreaking work he can be described as the father of American and Canadian city planning in the age of the automobile.Bartholomew was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts on September 14, 1889 but moved to New York City when he was 15 and attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn.He completed two years of a Civil Engineering degree at Rutgers, but due to lack of funds, was unable to continue his studies.