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WIDENER, Harry Elkins, bibliophile, b.

Born in Hong Kong in to Brian Stewart, a diplomat, and Sally, an academic, he was raised in Malaysia, and his childhood memories of camping.

Born in Hong Kong in to Brian Stewart, a diplomat, and Sally, an academic, he was raised in Malaysia, and his childhood memories of camping.

The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library was created in memory of the so-named Harry by his mother, Eleanor Elkins Widener.

It honours Harvard graduate and book collector Harry Widener, who was drowned during the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

One of the greatest book collectors of his day.

His devotion to not only his family but also art and painting is evident in the thousands of works produced from until his death in Born on January.

in Philadelphia, Pa., 3 Jan., ; d. at sea, in the &#;Titanic&#; disaster, 15 April, , son of George Dunton and Eleanor (Elkins) Widener. He was a member of the Widener family of Philadelphia, whose work in the organization and management of that city's street railway system form an important chapter in civic history.

His maternal grandfather, William L. Elkins, organized the Philadelphia Traction Company, finally acquiring possession of Philadelphia's entire system of street railways.

This is the second part of my personal impressions of the Bochum Stevenson Conference that took place from 27 to 29 June

Peter A. B. Widener, his paternal grandfather, who was closely associated with Mr. Elkins in his traction enterprises, was a practical philanthropist, and deeply interested in art. His son, George D. Widener, early became recognized as a traction expert, and soon came into the management of his father's great traction interests.

With his son, he died chivalrously and heroically on the fatal voyage of