Penrose, Boies <II>
Owner Id3175
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1902 - 1976
Other InformationA "gentleman of leisure" and self-described bibliophile; president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; nephew of U.S. Senator Boies Penrose (1860-1921). Divided his time between Philadelphia and Nettlecombe, Sussex. Served as a captain in the U.S. Army in World War II. Gave 18 incunabula to Harvard over the course of years; others were sold at various sales from 1942 onward. See the account in v. 5 of James E. Walsh, A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library, pages 42-43. Bod-inc: FSA: see Donald C. Dickinson, Dictionary of American Book Collectors (New York, Westport, Conn., and London, 1986), 256-7; William H. Helfand, `Boies Penrose', in Grolier 2000: A Further Grolier Club Biographical Retrospective in Celebration of the Millennium (New York, 2000), 284-6. https://aeolus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/incunables/provenances_for_mei.xml#xpointer(//*[@id=
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01447960
Activity
Start (year)1925
End (year)1976
MARC Area Coden-us-pa
PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames Id: 4560349)
Profession / Type of InstitutionScholar
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
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