Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr..
American landscape architect (1870–1957)
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About Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. was an American landscape architect and city planner known for his wildlife conservation efforts. He had a lifetime commitment to national parks, and worked on projects in Acadia National Park, the Everglades and Yosemite National Park. He gained national recognition by filling in for his father on the Park Improvement Commission for the District of Columbia beginning in 1901, and by contributing to the famous McMillan Commission Plan for redesigning Washington according to a revised version of the original L’Enfant Plan. Olmsted Point in Yosemite and Olmsted Island at Great Falls of the Potomac River in Maryland are named after him.
Everything about Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. →- Occupation
- landscape architect, university teacher, urban planner
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 24, 1870
- Died
- December 25, 1957