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KARL THEODORE FRANCIS BITTER (1867– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 13 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THEODORE See also:FRANCIS See also:BITTER (1867– )  , See also:American sculptor, was See also:born in See also:Vienna on the 6th of See also:December 1867 . After studying See also:art there, in 1889 he removed to the See also:United States, where he became naturalized . In See also:America he gained See also:great popularity as a sculptor, and in 1906–1907 was See also:president of the See also:National See also:Sculpture Society, New See also:York . Among his See also:principal See also:works are: the See also:Astor memorial See also:gates, Trinity See also:church, New York; " Elements Controlled and Uncontrolled," on the See also:Administration See also:Building at the See also:Chicago Exposition; a large See also:relief, " See also:Triumph of See also:Civilization," in the waiting-See also:room of the Broad See also:Street station of the See also:Pennsylvania railway in See also:Philadelphia; decorations for the See also:Dewey See also:Naval See also:Arch in New York See also:City; the " See also:Standard Bearers," at the See also:Pan-American Exposition grounds; a sitting statue and a bust of Dr See also:Pepper, See also:provost of the University of Pennsylvania; and the See also:Villard and Hubbard memorials in the New York chamber of See also:commerce .

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