| Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1850-1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| city | San Marino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| state | CA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| other cities | Oneonta, NY; San Francisco, CA; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sex | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| history |
Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927), founder of the Huntington Library, was born in Oneonta, New York. In 1892 he went to San Francisco to work for his uncle, Collis Potter Huntington, who was President of the Southern Pacific Railway Company. After Collis's death in 1900 and Henry's purchase of the Shorb ranch in 1902, Henry moved his business interests to the Los Angeles area, organizing the Pacific Electric Railway Company, the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, and other real estate and industrial development enterprises. Around the same time, Henry Huntington began to seriously collect books, and by 1908 he dedicated more time and money to the collection of books, manuscripts and works of art. |
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| decades | 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 |
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| website | http://www.huntington.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| updated | 10/31/2024 13:33:17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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