Ellen Browning Scripps
American journalist, philanthropist (1836-1932) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 95
Ellen Browning Scripps was an American journalist and philanthropist who was the founding donor of several major institutions in Southern California.
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Ellen Browning Scripps's house, South Molton Villa II, designed by architect Irving J. Gill
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2024, former house of Ellen Browning Scripps
George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps College, Claremont, CA
La Jolla Woman's Club
Kelp tank, Birch Aquarium, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2007)About this person
She and her half-brother E.W. Scripps created the E.W. Scripps Company, America's largest chain of newspapers, linking Midwestern industrial cities with booming towns in the West. By the 1920s, Ellen Browning Scripps was worth an estimated $30 million, most of which she donated.
