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CALVERT VAUX (1824-1895)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 962 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALVERT See also:VAUX (1824-1895)  , See also:American architect and landscape gardener, was See also:born in See also:London on the 24th of See also:December 1824 . He was educated at See also:Merchant Taylors' School and in the See also:office of See also:Lewis N . Cottingham (1787-1847) . In 185o he went to See also:America and became A . J . See also:Downing's architectural partner . In 1856 and 1866 See also:Vaux was associated with F . L . See also:Olmsted in the plans for the improvement of various parks . He designed the See also:Belvidere in Central See also:Park, New See also:York, and built a number of See also:country houses in See also:Newport, besides many See also:town houses and public institutions .

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