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MARQUAND, HENRY GURDON (1819-1902) , American philanthropist and collector, was born in New York
jewelry business of his brother Frederick (1799-1882), who was a liberal benefactor of Yale College and of the Union Theological Seminary , he became his brother's agent. He was one of the purchasers in 1868 of the Iron Mountain railroad, afterwards its president, and a director of the Missouri-Pacific system. He was the first honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, and president (18891902) of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to which he made valuable presents and loans from his collection of paintings. He died in New York
ALLAN MARQUAND (b. 1853), graduated at Princeton in 1874, and in 1883 became professor of archaeology and art.End of Article: MARQUAND, HENRY GURDON (1819-1902) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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