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Definition of Frederick Law Olmsted
1. Noun. United States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903).
Generic synonyms: Landscape Architect, Landscape Gardener, Landscaper, Landscapist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frederick Law Olmsted
Literary usage of Frederick Law Olmsted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman in Kansas: Or, Squatter Life and Border Warfareby Thomas H. Gladstone by Thomas H. Gladstone (1857)
"Another edition, London, 1857, has title: Kansas; or, Squatter life and border warfare in the far West."
2. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1904)
"They chose Henry W. Bellows, President, and Frederick Law Olmsted, at that time
Architect in Chief and Superintendent of the Central Park in New York City, ..."
3. The American Magazine of Art by American Federation of Arts (1918)
"PARKS AS MEMORIALS* BY Frederick Law Olmsted THERE appears to be a widespread
interest in the subject of parks as War Memorials. There is a tendency on the ..."
4. Planning Problems of Town, City, and Region: Papers and Discussions at the by American Civic Association (1917)
"... OF WATER COURSES PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS Frederick Law Olmsted Brookline, Mass.
I find myself in a somewhat embarrassing position in regard to this address. ..."
5. History of the United States Sanitary Commission: Being the General Report by Charles Janeway Stillé (1866)
"... decided that Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted, at that time Architect in Chief and
Superintendent of Appointment of the Central Park in New York, possessed the ..."
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