Henry clay folger biography of mahatma
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Folger, Henry Clay 1857-1930
PERSONAL: Born June 18, 1857, in New York, NY; died June 11, 1930, in Brooklyn, NY; son of Henry Clay (a wholesale milliner) and Eliza Jane (Clark) Folger; married Emily C.
Jordan, October 6, 1885. Education: Attended Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, NY; Amherst College, A.B., 1879; Columbia University, LL.B.
Henry clay folger biography of mahatma
(cum laude), 1881. Religion: Congregationalist.
CAREER: Industrialist and book collector. Pratt & Co. (oil company), began as clerk c. 1879, became secretary and then chairman of the manufacturing committee; Standard Oil Co., director in New Jersey, beginning 1908, then director in New York, president, beginning 1911, became chairman of board of directors.
AWARDS, HONORS: Litt.D., Amherst College, 1914.
WRITINGS:
A Tribute to the Memory of Charles Pratt: An Address at Pratt Institute, on Founder's Day, October 2, 1903, privately printed, 1903.
A Unique First Folio, photographs by George Dupont Pratt, Outlook (New York, NY),