Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux (December 20, 1824 – November 19, 1895) was a British-American architect and landscape designer. He is best remembered as the co-designer of what would become New York's Central Park.Little is known about Vaux's childhood and upbringing. He was born in London in 1824, and his father was a physician. Due to this social standing, his father was able to provide a comfortable income for his family.Vaux (rhymes with hawks) attended a private primary school until the age of nine. He then trained as an apprentice under London architect Lewis Nockalls Cottingham. Cottingham was a leader of the Gothic Revival movement. He trained Vaux until the age of twenty-six, and as a result, Vaux became a very skilled draftsman.
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| Birth date | December 20, 1824 |
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| Date of death | November 19, 1895 |
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- http://ah.bfn.org/a/archs/vaux/time.html
- http://lalh.org/films/best-planned-city-film
- http://www.calvertvaux.org
- http://www.centralpark2000.com/database/park_designers.html
- http://www.centralparkhistory.com/whos_who
- http://www.elizabethbarlowrogers.com/lecture/definitions/def_vaux.htm
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20972
- http://www.fortgreenepark.org/pages/olmstead1.htm
- http://www.fredericklawolmsted.com/calvert_vaux.htm
- http://www.greenswardparks.org/books/menwhomade.html