Gordon, Douglas Huntly, 1903-1986.
Biographical Note: Douglas Huntly Gordon, Jr. was a collector of art and books.
He was born in Baltimore in 1903 and graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1928. After a brief career in politics and academia, Gordon devoted himself to collecting and historic preservation in Baltimore, MD. He was particularly interested in French Renaissance studies and published "The Censoring of Diderot's Encyclopedie and the Re-Established Text" in 1947. Gordon's father, Douglas Huntly Gordon, Sr. (1867-1918) was a Baltimore businessman who graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1887. Gordon, Sr. studied with Richard T. Ely, professor of Political Economy at Hopkins. Douglas Huntly Gordon, Jr. died in Baltimore, March 24, 1986.
From the description of Douglas Huntly Gordon collection, 1845-1975. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 48394092
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| creatorOf | Gordon, Douglas Huntly, 1903-1986. Douglas Huntly Gordon collection, 1845-1975. | Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library |
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| associatedWith | Aylett, Judith Page Waller, 1804-1860. | person |
| associatedWith | Ely, Richard T. (Richard Theodore), 1854-1943. | person |
| associatedWith | Gordon, Douglas Huntly, 1867-1918. | person |
| associatedWith | Johns Hopkins University. Dept. of Political Science. | corporateBody |
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Person
Birth 1903
Death 1986
French,
English
