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Eleanor Elkins Widener ( née Eleanore Elkins, [note 1] later known as Eleanor Elkins Widener Rice or Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice; c. 1862 –1937) was an American heiress, socialite, philanthropist, and adventuress best remembered for her donation to Harvard University of the Widener Library —a memorial to her elder son Harry Elkins ...
His widow, Eleanor Elkins Widener, survived the sinking; construction continued in 1913 and 1914 and Eleanor Widener hosted a large reception there on August 20, 1915. [2] The 27-bedroom, 14-bath mansion has a grand salon and ballroom, 27 feet by 63 feet, on the first floor, which opens onto a 4,000-square-foot (370 m 2 ) oceanfront terrace.
Eleanor Widener Dixon. Eleanor Widener Dixon (1891–1966) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was the daughter of George Dunton Widener and Eleanor Elkins Widener, [1] and the younger sister of George Dunton Widener Jr. and Harry Elkins Widener . She married Fitz Eugene Dixon in 1912, and they were divorced in 1936. [2]
The Widener family is an American family from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Founded by Peter Arrell Browne Widener (1834–1915) and his wife, Hannah Josephine Dunton (1836–1896), it was once one of the wealthiest families in the United States. Widener was ranked #29 on the American Heritage list of the forty richest Americans in history, with ...
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books in its "vast and cavernous" [2] stacks, is the centerpiece of the Harvard College Libraries (the libraries of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences) and, more broadly, of the entire Harvard Library system. [3] It honors 1907 Harvard College graduate and book collector ...
Widener was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of George Dunton Widener (1861–1912) and Eleanor Elkins Widener, and the grandson of entrepreneur Peter A. B. Widener (1834–1915). He attended The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania , and graduated from Harvard College in 1907, where he was a member of Hasty Pudding Theatricals and ...
Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. (August 29, 1875 – July 23, 1956) was an American physician, geographer, and explorer especially noted for his expeditions to the Amazon Basin. He was a professor of geography at Harvard University from 1929 to 1952, and was the founder and director of the Harvard Institute of Geographical Exploration. [1]
Widener (left) with his mother Eleanor Elkins Widener and architect Horace Trumbauer in Harvard Yard during the planning for Widener Library, c. 1912. Widener was born into the prominent and wealthy Widener family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , he was the younger son of George Dunton Widener and Eleanor Elkins , and brother to Harry Elkins ...