Eliot, Charles (1859–1897)

US landscape architect. He opened his own Boston firm, creating parks for small New England and Midwestern cities. Joining the Olmsted brothers, he formulated a forestry plan to include existing growth in the firm's design for the Boston Metropolitan Parks Commission.

He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Charles William Eliot. After graduating from Harvard University, he studied horticulture before becoming an apprentice to Frederick Law Olmsted. A regular contributor to Garden and Forest Magazine, he also wrote Waverly Oaks (1890), outlining a strategy for the conservation of existing flora. In 1900, Harvard University established the first university course in landscape architecture in his memory.