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Helena Augusta Victoria, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, 1846-1923

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Helena was a daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of the United Kingdom. When she married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein the match was politically awkward and caused a severe breach within the royal family; the Queen allowed the ceremony to take place at Windsor Castle, albeit in the Private Chapel rather than the grander St George's Chapel. Helena had a firm interest in nursing and was the founding chair of the Ladies' Committee of the British Red Cross in 1870, playing an activ...

Fairbank, Mr,

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Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986

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Gordon N. Ray, a graduate of Indiana University, was closely associated with the life and work of William Makepeace Thackeray. His four volume edition of the Letters and private papers appeared in 1945-1946 and his two volume biography in 1954-1955. From 1963 to 1985 Ray was president of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Ray was also an outstanding collector of English and French illustrated books. His collections formed the bases of two exhibitions held at the Pierpont Morgan Library that w...