Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932

LC control no.	n 93002361
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1836-10-18
Death date	1932-08-03
Place of birth	Rushville (Ill.)
Place of origin	La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.)
Field of activity	Charities Journalism Women--Suffrage Women--Education
Affiliation	Scripps Institution of Oceanography Scripps College
Profession or occupation	Journalists Philanthropists Editors Authors
Found in	Preece C. Edward Willis and Ellen Browning Scripps, 1990: p. 2 (b. Oct. 18, 1836) p. 115 (d. 1932) Wikipedia, 04-05-2017: (Ellen Browning Scripps; b. October 18, 1836, London, England; d. August 3, 1932, La Jolla, Calif.; was an American journalist and philanthropist who was the founding donor of several major institutions in Southern California; she and her brother E.W. Scripps created America's largest chain of newspapers, linking midwestern industrial cities with booming towns in the west; by the 1920s, she was worth an estimated $30 million (or $3.5 billion in 2016 dollars), most of which she gave away; she established the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, the oldest and largest center for ocean and earth science research; she appeared on the cover of Time magazine after founding Scripps College in Claremont, California; she also donated millions of dollars to organizations, worldwide, that promised to advance democratic principles and women's education) McClain, M Ellen Browning Scripps, [2017]: p. xi (The woman was Ellen Browning Scripps. In her youth, she had been an editor, a writer, and an active supporter of women's suffrage) p. xv (philanthropist named Ellen Browning Scripps) p. xxv (chronology: 1836, Born in London, England ; 1844, Moves with her family to Rushville, Illinois ; 1859, Graduates from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois ; 1932, Dies in La Jolla, California)
Associated language	eng