Henry Clay Folger Jr. (June 18, 1857 – June 11, 1930) was an American businessman who was president and later chairman of Standard Oil of New York, a collector of Shakespeareana, and …

Henry Clay Folger (June 18, 1857-June 11, 1930) was born in New York City to Henry Clay Folger, Sr., and Eliza Jane Clark Folger.

The Folger Shakespeare Library was founded by Henry Clay Folger and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger.

Henry Clay Folger and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger, established the Folger Shakespeare Library as a gift to the American people, after decades of assembling the world’s largest collection of …

Henry Clay Folger (born June 18, 1857, New York, NewYork, U.S.—died June 11, 1930, Brooklyn, NewYork) was an American lawyer and business executive who is chiefly …

Dec 10, 2019 · A guest post by Stephen Grant Like Emily Jordan Folger, Henry Clay Folger manifests his deltiological profile in two ways. First, he purchases picture postcards and sends …

Henry Clay Folger, Jr. (1857–1930) and Emily Jordan Folger (1858–1936), throughout their married life worked together to build the collection that became the foundation of the Folger …

Folger, Henry Clay (fōlˈjər), 1857–1930, American industrialist and collector of Shakespeareana. His connection with Standard Oil companies, beginning in 1879, continued until his retirement …

FOLGER, Henry Clay 1857-1930 PERSONAL: Born June 18, 1857, in New York, NY; died June 11, 1930, in Brooklyn, NY; son of Henry Clay (a wholesale milliner) and Eliza Jane (Clark) …

Andrea Mays, the author of The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger’s Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare’s First Folio, has devoted countless hours to researching in the Folger.