Vaux, Calvert, 1824-95, American landscape architect, b. London. He emigrated (1850) to the United States, and assisted A. J. Downing with the U.S. Capitol grounds and a number of Hudson River estates. Later he worked with Frederick Law Olmsted and with him developed Central Park in New York City, the state reservation at Niagara Falls, N.Y. (now a state park), Prospect Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., and other parks. He made the plans for the Metropolitan Museum and the American Museum of Natural History. His published work includes Villas and Cottages (1857).

Vaux may refer to:

People

• Calvert Vaux (1824–1895), British-born American architect and landscape designer
• Richard Vaux (1816-1895), an American politician, mayor of Philadelphia, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Roberts Vaux, American abolitionist and philanthropist from Philadelphia
• Baron Vaux of Harrowden, an aristocratic English family
• Father Roland de Vaux, a French Dominican.

Groups & Companies

• Vaux London, British emerging church and alternative worship group 1999—2005
• Vaux (band), American alternative rock band
• Vaux Breweries, Sunderland, United Kingdom

Places

• Fort Vaux, Vaux-devant-Damloup, Meuse, France
• Vaux-le-Vicomte, chateau, Maincy, FranceVaux is also (part of) the name of several communes in France
• Vaux, in the Allier département
• Vaux, in the Haute-Garonne département
• Vaux, in the Moselle département
• Vaux, in the Vienne département
• Vaux-Andigny, in the Aisne département
• Vaux-Champagne, in the Ardennes département
• Vaux-devant-Damloup, in the Meuse département
• Vaux-en-Amiénois, in the Somme département
• Vaux-en-Beaujolais, in the Rhône département
• Vaux-en-Bugey, in the Ain département
• Vaux-en-Dieulet, in the Ardennes département
• Vaux-en-Pré, in the Saône-et-Loire département
• Vaux-en-Vermandois, in the Aisne département
• Vaux-et-Chantegrue, in the Doubs département
• Vaux-Lavalette, in the Charente département
• Vaux-le-Moncelot, in the Haute-Saône département
• Vaux-le-Pénil, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Vaux-lès-Mouron, in the Ardennes département
• Vaux-lès-Mouzon, in the Ardennes département
• Vaux-lès-Palameix, in the Meuse département
• Vaux-les-Prés, in the Doubs département
• Vaux-lès-Rubigny, in the Ardennes département
• Vaux-lès-Saint-Claude, in the Jura département
• Vaux-Marquenneville, in the Somme département
• Vaux-Montreuil, in the Ardennes département
• Vaux-Rouillac, in the Charente département
• Vaux-Saules, in the Côte-d'Or département
• Vaux-sous-Aubigny, in the Haute-Marne département
• Vaux-sur-Aure, in the Calvados département
• Vaux-sur-Blaise, in the Haute-Marne département
• Vaux-sur-Eure, in the Eure département
• Vaux-sur-Lunain, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Vaux-sur-Mer, in the Charente-Maritime département
• Vaux-sur-Poligny, in the Jura département
• Vaux-sur-Saint-Urbain, in the Haute-Marne département
• Vaux-sur-Seine, in the Yvelines département
• Vaux-sur-Seulles, in the Calvados département
• Vaux-sur-Somme, in the Somme département
• Vaux-sur-Vienne, in the Vienne département
• Vaux-Villaine, in the Ardennes département Vaux may also refer to a commune in Switzerland
• Vaux-sur-Morges, in the Vaud canton

See also

• Vaulx