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Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted helped design many U.S. public parks. His first project was Central Park in New York City.

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Born on April 26, 1822, in Hartford, Connecticut, Frederick Law Olmsted reported from the South for The New York Times on slavery from 1852 to 1855. In 1857, he began working on New York City’s Central Park project and, in 1858, became chief architect of the park. Olmsted went on to successfully design many U.S. public parks, including Prospect Park and the Capitol Hill grounds. He died on August 28, 1903, in Waverly, Massachusetts.

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