Frederick Law Olmsted

American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator (1822-1903).

Born April 26th, 1822 in Hartford. [ref]

Died August 28th, 1903 at 81 years old in Belmont. [ref]

Occupations
architect, botanist, businessperson, horticulturist, impresario, journalist, landscape architect, writer

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner