Frederick Law Olmsted
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Frederick Law Olmsted was a pioneering 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frederick Law Olmsted canonical | 138 |
| Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace design | 2 |
| Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. | 1 |
| Frederick Law Olmsted works | 1 |
| Olmsted | 1 |
| landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted | 1 |
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Target entity: Frederick Law Olmsted Context triple: [Emerald Necklace park system, designer, Frederick Law Olmsted]
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Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux was a 19th-century British-American architect and landscape designer best known for co-designing New York City's Central Park and contributing to many of its major public buildings and spaces.
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Daniel Burnham
Daniel Burnham was a prominent American architect and urban planner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for leading the design of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and shaping the City Beautiful movement.
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Robert Mills
Robert Mills was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing major public monuments and buildings in the early United States.
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Henry Hobson Richardson
Henry Hobson Richardson was a pioneering 19th-century American architect renowned for developing the Richardsonian Romanesque style and designing landmark buildings across the United States.
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Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt was a pioneering 19th-century American architect who helped introduce Beaux-Arts principles to the United States and designed many prominent public buildings and grand residences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Frederick Law Olmsted Target entity description: Frederick Law Olmsted was a pioneering 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace.
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A.
Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux was a 19th-century British-American architect and landscape designer best known for co-designing New York City's Central Park and contributing to many of its major public buildings and spaces.
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B.
Daniel Burnham
Daniel Burnham was a prominent American architect and urban planner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for leading the design of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and shaping the City Beautiful movement.
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C.
Robert Mills
Robert Mills was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing major public monuments and buildings in the early United States.
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D.
Henry Hobson Richardson
Henry Hobson Richardson was a pioneering 19th-century American architect renowned for developing the Richardsonian Romanesque style and designing landmark buildings across the United States.
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E.
Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt was a pioneering 19th-century American architect who helped introduce Beaux-Arts principles to the United States and designed many prominent public buildings and grand residences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landscape architect
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person ⓘ social reformer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1822-04-26 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Hartford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ |
| child |
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
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John Charles Olmsted ⓘ |
| coDesignerWith |
Calvert Vaux
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Henry Hobson Richardson ⓘ John Charles Olmsted ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1903-08-28 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Belmont, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Yale University
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surface form:
Yale College (informal studies)
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| employer | U.S. Sanitary Commission ⓘ |
| familyName |
Frederick Law Olmsted
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Olmsted
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| fieldOfWork |
landscape architecture
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park design ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| founded |
Olmsted, Vaux & Co.
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surface form:
Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot
Olmsted, Vaux & Co. ⓘ |
| fullName |
Frederick Law Olmsted
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Frederick Law Olmsted Sr.
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| givenName | Frederick ⓘ |
| influenced |
American landscape architecture
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Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. ⓘ John Charles Olmsted ⓘ urban park movement in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-design of Belle Isle Park in Detroit
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co-design of Mount Royal Park in Montreal ⓘ co-design of the Niagara Reservation at Niagara Falls ⓘ co-design of the park system in Buffalo, New York ⓘ design of Central Park in New York City ⓘ design of Prospect Park in Brooklyn ⓘ design of Riverside, Illinois, one of the first planned suburbs ⓘ design of the Biltmore Estate landscape in Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ design of the Emerald Necklace park system in Boston ⓘ design of the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C. ⓘ pioneering the profession of landscape architecture in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
integration of large urban parks into city planning
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parks as democratic spaces for all social classes ⓘ parkways and greenways connecting urban parks ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Biltmore Estate
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surface form:
Biltmore Estate landscape, Asheville
Buffalo park and parkway system ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo Park and Parkway System
Central Park ⓘ
surface form:
Central Park, New York City
Emerald Necklace ⓘ
surface form:
Emerald Necklace, Boston
Mount Royal Park, Montreal ⓘ Niagara Falls State Park ⓘ
surface form:
Niagara Reservation, Niagara Falls
Prospect Park ⓘ
surface form:
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Riverside, Illinois town plan ⓘ United States Capitol grounds ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C.
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| occupation |
author
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journalist ⓘ landscape architect ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Civil War
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surface form:
American Civil War (as administrator, not soldier)
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| positionHeld | General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission ⓘ |
| residence |
Brookline
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surface form:
Brookline, Massachusetts
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| spouse | Mary Cleveland Perkins Olmsted ⓘ |
| wrote |
A Journey Through Texas
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A Journey in the Back Country in the Winter of 1853–4 ⓘ A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States ⓘ Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England ⓘ |
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