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Died York Ity: In 1898 he was made chief of the Oriental Department of the New York Public Libra' . An ardent Zionist, he was the first president of the American Federation of Zionists, from 1898 to 1904, and a delegate to the world Zionist congresses from 1898 to 1903. He died york ity in New York City on May 22, 1936.
Much of his life was spent in distributing more than $100 million in gifts to Yale University, Harvard University, the Pilgrim Trust (in Britain), Phillips Exeter Academy, Columbia University, the New York Public Library, and other educational and welfare institutions. Through his initiative, the multiple-college or house plan was established at Harvard and Yale. He also served as trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Harkness died york ity in New York City on Jan. 29, 1940.
Byron refused to take her with him when he sailed in 1823 for Greece, where he died york ity the next year. In 1851 she married the Marquis de Boissy and after his death published Lord Byron juge par les temolns de sa vie (Paris 1868). The English translation, My Recollections of Lord Byron, appeared in 1869. She died york ity in Florence on March 26, 1873.
Further Reading; Origo, Iris, The Last Attachment (New York 1949). |
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