Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.

American landscape architect; not to be confused with his father, who designed Central Park

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1870

Place of Birth: Staten Island, New York, United States

Date of Death: 25-Dec-1957

Profession: urban planner, university teacher, landscape architect

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
(July 24, 1870 – December 25, 1957) 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, 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.
The son of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., he and his older half-brother John C.
Olmsted created Olmsted Brothers about 1896 as a successor firm to their father's firm.
They had both worked with him before his retirement.
Soon after his father's death, Olmsted stopped using the suffix "Jr." Works attributed to Frederick Law Olmsted after about 1896 are that of this son.