About Harry Elkins Widener

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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Harry Elkins Widener

American book collector (1885-1912)

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