White, William Augustus, 1843-1927

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White, William Augustus

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William Augustus White

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White, William Augustus, -1928, of Brooklyn

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White, William Augustus, 1843-

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White, William Augustus, of New York

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1843

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White was the senior partner in a firm of New York City investment bankers, who began serious book collecting in 1885. He collected works by William Blake, Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights and created important collections of Shakespeare and Americana.

From the description of Library accession books, manuscript, 1863-1927. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612236412

Epithet: of Brooklyn

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0003db

Epithet: of New York

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x0000c6

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Art. Illuminations and Drawings, English

Book collecting

Bowdoin Prize (Harvard University)

English poetry

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