weitere InformationBorn Brooklyn, N.Y. (1 April 1849); died Providence, R.I. (28 December 1933). Minister, and collector, chiefly of English literature and Americana. Yale University 1870; Union Theological Seminary 1875; honorary LL.D. Princeton 1881. Most of his collection was sold at auction in 1934-1935 by American Art Association-Anderson Galleries; other portions were given or bequeathed to the Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, R.I., by his son
weitere InformationBorn Brooklyn, N.Y. (1 April 1849); died Providence, R.I. (28 December 1933). Minister, and collector, chiefly of English literature and Americana. Yale University 1870; Union Theological Seminary 1875; honorary LL.D. Princeton 1881. Most of his collection was sold at auction in 1934-1935 by American Art Association-Anderson Galleries; other portions were given or bequeathed to the Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, R.I., by his son