Famous Givers and Their Gifts

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolton, Sarah Knowles, 1841-1916

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Famous Givers and Their Gifts" by Sarah Knowles Bolton is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work explores the lives and philanthropic contributions of notable figures who have used their wealth to benefit society. It highlights how their generosity has had a lasting impact on communities and encourages readers to consider the importance of giving. The opening of the book introduces John Lowell Jr., emphasizing his legacy of establishing the Lowell Institute in Boston. Following personal tragedies, including the death of his wife and children, Lowell decided to dedicate a significant portion of his fortune to fund free public lectures focused on moral and intellectual improvement for the citizens of Boston. Throughout the text, Bolton outlines Lowell's ancestry, his education, and highlights his commitment to philanthropy, setting the stage for an exploration of other famous givers and their transformative gifts in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

John Lowell, Jr., and his free lectures

Stephen Girard and his college for orphans

Andrew Carnegie and his libraries

Thomas Holloway; his sanatorium and college

Charles Pratt and his institute

Thomas Guy and his hospital

Sophia Smith and her college for women

James Lick and his telescope

Leland Stanford and his university

Captain Thomas Coram and his foundling asylum

Henry Shaw and his botanical garden

James Smithson and the Smithsonian Institution

Pratt, Lenox, Mary Macrae Stuart, Newberry, Crerar, Astor, Reynolds and their libraries

Frederick H. Rindge and his gifts

Anthony J. Drexel and his institute

Philip D. Armour and his institute

Leonard Case and his school of applied science

Asa Packer and Lehigh University

Cornelius Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt University

Baron Maurice de Hirsch

Isaac Rich and Boston University

Daniel B. Fayerweather and others

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe

Mary Elizabeth Garrett

Mrs. Anna Ottendorfer

Daniel P. Stone and Valeria G. Stone

Samuel Williston

John F. Slater and Daniel Hand

George T. Angell

William W. Corcoran

John D. Rockefeller and Chicago University.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Shaun Pinder, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 68.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2015-12-27