Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is popularly considered to be the father of American
landscape architecture. Olmsted was famous for co-designing many well-known urban
parks with his senior partner
Calvert Vaux, including
Prospect Park and
Central Park in New York City, as well as
Elm Park (Worcester, Massachusetts), considered by many to be the first municipal park in America.