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Frederick Law Olmsted

1822 - 1903

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Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the United States. Olmsted was famous for co-designing many well-known urban parks with his partner Calvert Vaux, beginning with Central Park in New York City, which led to numerous other urban park designs including Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Cadwalader Park in Trenton, New Jersey, and Forest Park in Portland, Oregon. Olmsted's projects encompassed comprehensive park systems, planned communities, and institutional campuses across North America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Law Olmsted is the 343rd most popular architect (up from 345th in 2019), the 5,479th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,894th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Architect.

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Among architects, Frederick Law Olmsted ranks 343 out of 518. Before him are Dominique Perrault, Willem Marinus Dudok, Girolamo Cassar, Michael Graves, Francesco Sabatini, and Vannoccio Biringuccio. After him are Charles Jencks, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Lipót Baumhorn, Laurynas Gucevičius, Christopher Alexander, and Benedetto Antelami.

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Among people born in 1822, Frederick Law Olmsted ranks 55. Before him are August Heinrich Petermann, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Jakob Dubs, Luis Sáenz Peña, Victor Massé, and Mathew Brady. After him are Charles Frédéric Girard, Gustav Spörer, John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, Bernhard Hammer, Carlo Alfredo Piatti, and Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński. Among people deceased in 1903, Frederick Law Olmsted ranks 54. Before him are Apolinario Mabini, James Glaisher, William Ernest Henley, Emily Warren Roebling, Ozaki Kōyō, and Eugène-Anatole Demarçay. After him are Lina Sandell, Girolamo de Rada, Gustav Radde, Henri Alexis Brialmont, Tang Jingsong, and Victor Meirelles.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederick Law Olmsted ranks 5,479 out of 20,380. Before him are Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), Stephanie Seymour (1968), Michael Imperioli (1966), Donald Barthelme (1931), John Munro Longyear (1850), and Don Alden Adams (1925). After him are Mort Shuman (1938), Bonnie Aarons (1979), Martin Ferrero (1947), Carol Burnett (1933), Allen Stack (1928), and Clayton Christensen (1952).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Frederick Law Olmsted ranks 20. Before him are Gordon Bunshaft (1909), Kevin A. Lynch (1918), Cedric Gibbons (1893), Steven Holl (1947), Thom Mayne (1944), and Michael Graves (1934). After him are Charles Jencks (1939), Daniel Burnham (1846), Walter Burley Griffin (1876), John Hejduk (1929), Julia Morgan (1872), and Cass Gilbert (1859).

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