See also:

• MORRIS
• MORRIS [MORRISON], CLARA (1849– )
• MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR (1752–1816)
• MORRIS, JOHN (1810-1886)
• MORRIS, RICHARD (1833–1894)
• MORRIS, ROBERT (1734–1806)
• MORRIS, SIR LEWIS (1833–1907)
• MORRIS, WILLIAM (1834-1896)

MORRIS KETCHUM See also:

• MORRIS KETCHUM JESUP (1830-1908)

JESUP (1830-1908)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American banker and philanthropist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WESTPORT

Westport, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, on the 21st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1830 . In 1842 he went to New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City, where after some experience in business he established a banking See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in 1852 . In 1856 he organized the banking See also:

• FIRM

firm of M . K . See also:

• JESUP, MORRIS KETCHUM (1830-1908)

Jesup & See also:

• COMPANY

Company, which after two reorganizations became Cuyler, See also:

• MORGAN
• MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

Morgan & Jesup . He became widely known as a financier, retiring from active business in 1884 . He was best known, however, as a munificent See also:

• PATRON

patron of scientific See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, a large contributor to the needs of See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and a public-spirited See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen of wide interests, who did much for the See also:

• BETTERMENT (i.e. " making better," as opposed to " worsement ")

betterment of social conditions in New York . He contributed largely to the funds for the See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic expeditions of See also:

• COMMANDER

Commander See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert E . See also:

• PEARY, ROBERT EDWIN (1856- )

Peary, becoming See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Peary Arctic See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club in 1899 . To the American museum of natural See also:

• HISTORY

history, in New York City, he gave large sums in his lifetime and bequeathed $1,000,000 . He was president of the New York chamber of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce from 1899 until 1907, and was the largest subscriber to its new See also:

• BUILDING

building . To his native See also:

• TOWN

town he gave a See also:

• FINE

fine public library .

He died in New York City on the 22nd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1908 .