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HENRY GURDON MARQUAND (1819-1902)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 750 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HENRY GURDON See also:MARQUAND (1819-1902)  , See also:American philanthropist and See also:collector, was See also:born in New See also:York See also:City on the 11th of See also:April 1819 . In 1839, upon the retirement from the See also:jewelry business of his See also:brother See also:Frederick (1799-1882), who was a liberal benefactor of Yale See also:College and of the See also:Union Theological See also:Seminary, he became his brother's See also:agent . He was one of the purchasers in 1868 of the See also:Iron See also:Mountain railroad, afterwards its See also:president, and a director of the See also:Missouri-Pacific See also:system . He was the first honorary member of the American See also:Institute of Architects, and president (1889–1902) of the See also:Metropolitan Museum of See also:Art, to which he made valuable presents and loans from his collection of paintings . He died in New York City, on the 26th of See also:February 1902 . His varied and valuable art collection and rare books were sold in 1903 . He was a benefactor of See also:Princeton University and other institutions . His son, See also:ALLAN See also:MARQUAND (b . 1853), graduated at Princeton in 1874, and in 1883 became See also:professor of See also:archaeology and art .

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