Charles Eliot

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Charles Eliot was a prominent American landscape architect of the late 19th century, known for his influential work in urban park and parkway design around Boston.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
landscape architect
person
advocated creation of state park commissions
protection of natural scenery near cities
burialPlace Cambridge, Massachusetts
causeOfDeath spinal meningitis
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1859-11-01
dateOfDeath 1897-03-25
designed Blue Hills Reservation (Greater Boston)
Middlesex Fells Reservation (Greater Boston)
Revere Beach Reservation (Greater Boston)
parkways in the Boston metropolitan area
educatedAt Harvard University
employer Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot
era late 19th century
familyName Eliot
father Charles William Eliot
fatherOccupation president of Harvard University
fieldOfWork landscape architecture
parkway design
urban park design
genre conservation advocacy writings
landscape planning reports
givenName Charles
heritage New England Brahmin
influenced development of regional park systems in the United States
influencedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
knownFor parkway planning around Boston
urban park design around Boston
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Society of Landscape Architects
notableIdea public ownership of scenic reservations
regional metropolitan park systems
notableStudentOrAssociate landscape architects of the Olmsted firm
notableWork design of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
occupation landscape architect
placeOfActivity Boston, Massachusetts
New England
placeOfBirth Cambridge, Massachusetts
placeOfDeath Portsmouth, New Hampshire NERFINISHED
positionHeld partner at Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot
residence Boston, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Cambridge, Massachusetts
workedWith Frederick Law Olmsted
John Charles Olmsted


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