White, William Augustus, 1843-1927

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Dates:
Birth 1843
Death 1927

Biographical notes:

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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Subjects:

  • Art. Illuminations and Drawings, English
  • Book collecting
  • Bowdoin Prize (Harvard University)
  • English poetry
  • Private libraries

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Places:

  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)

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