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Vaux, Calvert (vôks), 1824–95, American landscape architect, b. London. He emigrated (1857) to the United States with A. J. Downing Downing, Andrew Jackson, 1815–52, American horticulturist, rural architect, and landscape gardener, b. Newburgh, N.Y. With his brother Charles Downing he took over the operation of the nursery that his father had established at Newburgh, and c.
..... Click the link for more information. , with whom he was first associated. Later he worked with Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted, 1870–1957, b. Staten Island, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1894, was also a landscape architect and city planner. He studied with his father and began practice in 1895. He taught (1900–1914) Harvard's first course in landscape architecture.
..... Click the link for more information. and with him developed Central Park in New York City, the state reservation at Niagara Falls, N.Y., Prospect Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., and other parks. He made the plans for the Metropolitan Museum and the American Museum of Natural History. His published work includes Villas and Cottages (1857).

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See biographical studies by W. Alex and G. B. Tatum (1994) and F. R. Kowsky (1998).

Vaux, Calvert (1824–95) landscape designer, architect; born in London, England. Emigrating at age 25 to work with Andrew Jackson Downing, he designed country houses and published Villas and Gardens (1852). A pioneer in the public parks movement, he joined Frederick Law Olmsted (1857–72) and together they produced the winning design for New York City's Central Park (1858–76). Vaux also contributed to Brooklyn's Prospect Park. After leaving Olmsted, he designed Ottawa's Parliament grounds, which influenced Canadian landscape design.