Weld, Charles Goddard, 1857-1911
type Collector
dates 1857-1911
city Brookline
stateMA
other citiesNewport, RI; Boston, MA;
sex M
history Charles Goddard Weld was a collector, physician, sailor, and philanthropist.

He purchased Japanese art belonging to friend Ernest Fenollosa and donated it the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Weld also purchased prints by premier American photographer Edward S. Curtis and donated those to Peabody Essex Museum.

Dr Weld also owned Weld House, the office of the president of Boston University, as well as the adjoining Dunn House which now contains the office of the chancellor.


decades1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
updated 10/31/2024 13:33:17
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see alsoFenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908