Project Gutenberg 2015-12-27 Public domain in the USA. 96 Bolton, Sarah Knowles 1841 1916 Bolton, Mrs. C. E. Bolton, Sarah K. 12030810 Famous Givers and Their Gifts 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. 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) "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.) en Philanthropists HV Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society 670971 670784 2024-09-21T09:17:19.553989 2023-09-22T06:36:01.946704 text/html text/html 677876 2015-12-26T21:48:12 text/html 1537461 2015-12-26T21:51:49 text/html application/zip 1513162 2024-09-21T09:17:28.058917 application/epub+zip 1518068 2024-09-21T09:17:20.899930 application/epub+zip 347346 2024-09-21T09:17:20.195943 application/epub+zip 1700329 2024-09-21T09:17:33.706067 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1643475 2024-09-21T09:17:27.303896 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 475000 2022-09-23T05:35:21.263739 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 625701 625512 2024-09-21T09:17:18.295939 2023-09-22T06:36:00.681664 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 625574 2015-12-26T21:45:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 242966 2015-12-26T21:45:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 625605 2015-12-26T21:45:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 242872 2015-12-26T21:45:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21328 2024-09-21T09:17:33.985864 application/rdf+xml 15447 2024-09-21T09:17:20.315947 image/jpeg 2393 2024-09-21T09:17:20.253938 image/jpeg 1537308 2024-09-21T09:17:19.659968 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia