Mary Louise Curtis Bok

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Mary Louise Curtis Bok was an American philanthropist and arts patron best known for endowing and shaping the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

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Mary Louise Curtis Bok canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arts patron
human
philanthropist
associatedWith Curtis Publishing Company
Ladies’ Home Journal
surface form: Ladies Home Journal
burialPlace West Laurel Hill Cemetery
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1876-08-06
dateOfDeath 1970-01-04
educatedAt private tutors
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Bok
Curtis
father Cyrus H. K. Curtis
fieldOfWork music education
performing arts
founded Curtis Institute of Music
genre philanthropy in the arts
givenName Mary
hasInfluenced American classical music
music education in the United States
hasPart philanthropic bequests to cultural institutions
knownFor endowing the Curtis Institute of Music
shaping the Curtis Institute of Music
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
memberOf Curtis family
middleName Louise
mother Louise Knapp Curtis
notableAward Philadelphia Award
notableProject endowment of full-tuition scholarships at the Curtis Institute of Music
notableWork Curtis Institute of Music
support of young musicians
occupation arts patron
philanthropist
philanthropicFocus arts
education
music
placeOfActivity Philadelphia
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
placeOfDeath Philadelphia
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Merion Station, Pennsylvania
surface form: Merion, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia
sexOrGender female
socialClass upper class
spouse Edward W. Bok

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Curtis Institute of Music foundedBy Mary Louise Curtis Bok
Cyrus H. K. Curtis child Mary Louise Curtis Bok
Cyrus H. K. Curtis parentOf Mary Louise Curtis Bok
Cyrus H. K. Curtis hasNotableRelative Mary Louise Curtis Bok