Autograph letter signed : Davos-Platz, to W.E. Henley, [c. 1900].

Beinecke, Edwin J. (Edwin John), 1886-1970

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Glass collector. From the description of Edwin J. Beinecke papers, 1880(ca.)-1930(ca.). (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155427521 Edwin John Beinecke, the oldest of three brothers, graduated from Phillips Academy and entered Yale College. After two years, he left Yale. Edwin and his brothers, Frederick and Walter Beinecke, also Yale alumni, founded the Sperry and Hutchinson Company. For more than fifty years he served as a director, president, chai...

Furse, Charles Wellington, 1868-1904

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Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903

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William Ernest Henley was born in Gloucester, and sufferred from a painful condition in his joints; his left leg was amputated when he was eighteen, and the right leg was saved only through experimental treatments of carbolic acid. He was accepted to Oxford, but couldn't afford to attend, and he tried to earn a living as an author, writing poetry and drama with some success. As a poet, he is remembered for his experiments with blank verse; he also wrote countless magazine articles and essays. Hi...