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Widener, Harry Elkins, 1885-1912

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Personal name headingWidener, Harry Elkins, 1885-1912
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LocatedCambridge (Mass.)
Elkins Park (Pa.)
Birth date1885-01-03
Death date1912-04-15
Place of birthPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Place of deathAtlantic Ocean
Field of activityBook collecting
Rare books
AffiliationHarvard University
Profession or occupationBook collectors
Found inHarvard University. Library. A catalogue of the books and manuscripts of Robert Louis Stevenson ... 1913: t.p. (Harry Elkins Widener)
Concise dict. of Amer. biog. (Widener, Harry Elkins, b. 1885, d. 1912)
Wikipedia, September 12, 2019 ("Harry Elkins Widener (January 3, 1885-April 15, 1912) was an American businessman and bibliophile, and a member of the Widener family. His mother built Harvard University's Widener Memorial Library in his memory, after his death on the foundering of the RMS Titanic"; born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; graduated from Harvard; facsimile of letter sent shortly before his death with letterhead "H.E.W., Elkins Park")
Associated languageeng