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A. H. Olmsted

Banker

Centurion, 1893–1929

Full Name Albert Harry Olmsted

Born 14 June 1842 in Hartford, Connecticut

Died 26 May 1929 in Santa Barbara, California

Buried Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut

Proposed by Frederick C. Withers and James J. Goodwin

Elected 2 December 1893 at age fifty-one

Archivist’s Note: Brother of Frederick Law Olmsted; uncle of Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and John Charles Olmsted

Century Memorial

A. H. Olmsted, brother of the designer of Central Park [Frederick Law Olmsted], had long retired from active participation of affairs, and rarely came to the Century from his New England home. He had been in our membership for thirty-six years.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1930 Century Association Yearbook