Editing Frederick Law Olmsted (section)

==Early life and education==
[[File:Olmsted-Beil house in Staten Island, New York. 2020.jpg|alt=A photograph of a white abandoned house in an overgrown yard.|thumb|upright=1.1|The [[Olmsted–Beil House]] in [[Staten Island]]]]
Olmsted was born in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], on April 26, 1822. His father, John Olmsted, was a prosperous merchant who took a lively interest in nature, people, and places; Frederick Law and his younger brother, John Hull Olmsted, also showed this interest. His mother, Charlotte Law (née Hull) Olmsted, died from an overdose before his fourth birthday in 1826.<ref>{{cite book | last=Martin | first=Justin | title=Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted | publisher=Hachette Books | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-306-81984-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xiy6E0oVQ2UC&pg=PA8 | access-date=June 12, 2020 | page=8}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Olmsted Family {{!}} Articles and Essays {{!}} Frederick Law Olmsted Papers {{!}} Digital Collections {{!}} Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/frederick-law-olmsted-papers/articles-and-essays/the-olmsted-family/ |access-date=October 2, 2023 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> His father remarried in 1827 to Mary Ann Bull, who shared her husband's strong love of nature and had perhaps a more cultivated taste. Their children were Charlotte, Mary, Owen, Bertha, Ada, and Albert Olmsted.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Olmsted (name)|Olmsted]] ancestors arrived in the early 1600s from [[Essex]], England.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Olmsted | first1=Henry King | last2=Ward | first2=George K. | title=Genealogy of the Olmsted family in America | publisher=Quintin Publications | year=1912 | isbn=978-1-58211-670-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifrEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR8 | access-date=June 12, 2020 | page=8}}</ref>

When he was almost ready to enter [[Yale College]] at a young age, [[Poison sumac|sumac poisoning]] weakened his eyes, so he abandoned college plans. After working as an apprentice seaman, merchant, and journalist, he settled on a {{Convert|125|acre|ha|adj=on}} farm in January 1848 on the south shore of [[Staten Island]]. His father helped him acquire this farm, and he renamed it from [[Akerly Homestead]] to [[Tosomock Farm]]. It was later renamed "The Woods of Arden" by owner [[Erastus Wiman]]. The house in which Olmsted lived still stands at [[Akerly Homestead|4515 Hylan Boulevard]], near Woods of Arden Road.