Eleanor Elkins Widener
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 87 years ago |
Date of birth | September 21,1861 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | July 13,1937 |
Died | Paris |
France | |
Parents | William Lukens Elkins |
Spouse | Alexander H. Rice Jr. |
George Dunton Widener | |
Children | Harry Elkins Widener |
George D. Widener, Jr. | |
Eleanor Widener Dixon | |
Place of burial | Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Grandchildren | Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. |
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ID | 963507 |
Eleanor Elkins Widener Life story
Eleanor Elkins Widener was an American heiress, socialite, philanthropist, and adventuress best remembered for her donation to Harvard University of the Widener Library—a memorial to her elder son Harry Elkins Widener, who perished in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.