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

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