Harry Elkins Widener

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American book collector (1885-1912)

United StatesLived 1885 to 1912 · aged 27

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Harry Elkins Widener was an American businessman and bibliophile, and a member of the Widener family. His mother built Harvard University's Widener Memorial Library in his memory, after his death on the foundering of the RMS Titanic.

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Widener's 1908 bookplate[1]

Widener Library at Harvard University, named in his honor

Letter to his friend, Luther S. Livingston: "We ... return on April 10th on the maiden voyage of the Titanic ..."

Posthumous portrait of Widener by Gabriel Ferrier in 1913

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FatherGeorge Dunton Widener

MotherEleanor Elkins Widener

SiblingGeorge D. Widener Jr.

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United States

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deceased

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Lived 1885 to 1912 · aged 27

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