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Frederick Law Olmsted

Male 1822 - 1903  (81 years)


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  • Name Frederick Law Olmsted 
    Born 26 Apr 1822  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave ID 19078 
    Died 28 Aug 1903  Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 
    Person ID I53682  Lasbury Family
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2024 

    Father John Olmsted
              b. 27 Sep 1791, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Jan 1873, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Charlotte Hull
              b. 9 Sep 1800, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Feb 1826, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Married 5 Jun 1821  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F22030  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Mary Cleveland Perkins
              b. 1830
              d. 1921, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F22033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Apr 1822 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Aug 1903 - Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Address:
    Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA - - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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  • Notes 
    • Architect, Medical Pioneer.
      He is considered the foremost American landscape artist of the 19th Century, and was largely responsible for the creation and present formation of New York City, New York's Central Park, of which he was Superintendent and chief architect. His landscape architectural work included Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Riverside Park in Manhattan, Chicago's South Side Park, and the grounds of the United States Capitol building. In 1892 he took over the project of laying out the grounds of the 1893 World Fair in Chicago when its first architect died. Olmstead completed the grounds in time for the Fair, which is now known as Jackson Park. During the Civil War, he resigned his post of Central Park superintendent to accept the post of Secretary General of the United States Sanitary Commission. In that capacity, he helped facilitate the Commission's work, which involved the distribution of tons of food and medical supplies to wounded soldiers and war refugees, evacuating wounded from battle areas, inspecting and maintaining standards in military hospitals, stocking and supplying hospital kitchens, and recruiting and maintaining thousands of nurses. The work he and the many workers under him saved thousands of soldiers' lives. He headed the Commission until 1863, when the exertions of his service caused him ill health, and he was forced to resign. Despite all his architectural accomplishments, Frederick Law Olmstead considered his Sanitary Commission position work the most important work of his life.