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| + | <ref>"[http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=98180492&sid=2&Fmt=10&clientId=15403&RQT=309&VName=HNP Adolph Lewisohn Dies at Age of 89]", ''New York Times'', August 18, 1938, pp. 1, 19. Retrieved from ProQuest database, March 23, 2008.</ref> was "a German immigrant who came to New York in 1867 initially to join the New York branch of his family’s importing business. He was a capitalist, art collector, and philanthropist, among other things, but he was mainly involved with the mining industry."<ref>http://www.gs.columbia.edu/kevinmap/lewisohn_hall.htm</ref> He funded the construction of [[Lewisohn Hall]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:38, 23 March 2008
Adolph Lewisohn (May 27, 1849 - August 17, 1938) [1] was "a German immigrant who came to New York in 1867 initially to join the New York branch of his family’s importing business. He was a capitalist, art collector, and philanthropist, among other things, but he was mainly involved with the mining industry."[2] He funded the construction of Lewisohn Hall.
References
- ↑ "Adolph Lewisohn Dies at Age of 89", New York Times, August 18, 1938, pp. 1, 19. Retrieved from ProQuest database, March 23, 2008.
- ↑ http://www.gs.columbia.edu/kevinmap/lewisohn_hall.htm
