VAUX, CALVERT (1824-1895)

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VAUX, CALVERT (1824-1895) , American architect and landscape gardener, was born in 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 America and became A. J.

Downing

DOWNING, SIR GEORGE

'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

Belvidere

BELVIDERE

in Central Park, New

York

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, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

, and built a number of country houses in Newport, besides many town houses and public institutions.

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