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Folger, Henry Clay

American lawyer and business executive

born June 18, 1857, New York, N.Y., U.S.

died June 11, 1930, Brooklyn, N.Y.

American lawyer, business executive, and founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.

At Amherst College Folger won prizes in English composition and oratory, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and developed an interest in Shakespeare. After graduation in 1879 he studied law at Columbia University, earning an LL.B. degree in 1881. As a student he worked for Pratt and Company, which was part of the Standard Oil (Standard Oil Company and Trust) group of companies. In 1908 he became a director of the Standard Oil Company of New York and in 1911 became its president. Under his direction the firm prospered, and he was made chairman of the board in 1923.

A man of diverse cultural interests, he gradually built up a collection of Shakespeareana. He and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger (1858–1936), spent nine years planning for a library of Shakespearean materials to be built on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. In 1928 the U.S. Congress approved their project, thereby permitting the Folgers to purchase land that had been intended for the expansion of the Library of Congress. Although Henry Folger died just as construction had begun in 1930, Emily Folger oversaw the completion of the Folger Shakespeare Library and assisted with funding in the midst of the Great Depression.

词条	Folger, Henry Clay
释义	Folger, Henry Clay American lawyer and business executive born June 18, 1857, New York, N.Y., U.S. died June 11, 1930, Brooklyn, N.Y. American lawyer, business executive, and founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. At Amherst College Folger won prizes in English composition and oratory, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and developed an interest in Shakespeare. After graduation in 1879 he studied law at Columbia University, earning an LL.B. degree in 1881. As a student he worked for Pratt and Company, which was part of the Standard Oil (Standard Oil Company and Trust) group of companies. In 1908 he became a director of the Standard Oil Company of New York and in 1911 became its president. Under his direction the firm prospered, and he was made chairman of the board in 1923. A man of diverse cultural interests, he gradually built up a collection of Shakespeareana. He and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger (1858–1936), spent nine years planning for a library of Shakespearean materials to be built on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. In 1928 the U.S. Congress approved their project, thereby permitting the Folgers to purchase land that had been intended for the expansion of the Library of Congress. Although Henry Folger died just as construction had begun in 1930, Emily Folger oversaw the completion of the Folger Shakespeare Library and assisted with funding in the midst of the Great Depression.
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