Harry Elkins Widener

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Harvard University alumnus book collector human

Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Harvard University alumnus → book collector → human →
alumniOf	Harvard College →
associatedWith	Harvard University Library → Widener family →
birthDate	1885-01-03 →
burialPlace	St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States →
causeOfDeath	sinking of the RMS Titanic →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1912-04-15 →
deathEvent	sinking of the RMS Titanic on 1912-04-15 →
diedOnShip	RMS Titanic →
educatedAt	Harvard College → Harvard University →
familyName	Widener →
father	George Dunton Widener →
fieldOfActivity	bibliophilia →
fullName	Harry Elkins Widener →
genreOfCollection	American literature → English literature →
givenName	Harry →
grandfather	Peter Arrell Browne Widener →
hasHonor	Harvard library named in his memory →
hasRelative	Eleanor Elkins Widener → George Dunton Widener →
knownForCollectionOf	early printed books → incunabula → rare books → works of Charles Dickens →
languageOfCollection	English →
memberOfClass	Harvard College Class of 1907 →
memorializedAt	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States → Harvard University →
memorializedBy	Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library →
mother	Eleanor Elkins Widener →
notableFor	being a prominent young American book collector → being the namesake of Widener Library at Harvard University → dying in the sinking of the RMS Titanic →
occupation	book collector →
passengerOn	RMS Titanic →
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	North Atlantic Ocean →
religion	Episcopalian →
residence	Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
shipClass	Olympic-class ocean liner →
socialClass	upper class →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eleanor Elkins Widener →	child
Eleanor Elkins Widener →	commemorates
Harry Elkins Widener →	fullName
Widener Library →	namedAfter