“Edwin Burr Curtiss”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

He was born on July 14, 1852, and he had a younger brother, Julian Wheeler Curtiss. Edwin graduated from Columbia University.^[2] In 1878 he formed the firm of Cunningham, Curtiss & Welsh of San Francisco, wholesale stationers and booksellers, blank book manufacturers, printers, and lithographers. (Curtiss was based primarily in New York City.)^[3] In 1892, together with his brother, Julian Wheeler Curtiss, and others, he started the Fairfield County Golf Club in Greenwich, Connecticut.^[4]^[5]

By 1900 and at least through 1908, he was a vice president of the American Booksellers Association.^[6]^[7] He retired from the law in 1908 and was a director of A. G. Spalding Bros.

He was married to Virginia Henry.^[1] Edwin Burr Curtiss died on March 30, 1928.^[8] His widow went on to marry August Heckscher.^[9]

Curtiss commissioned the architects Carrère and Hastings, who had also designed the original clubhouse for the Greenwich Country Club, to build him a house on North Street in Greenwich, Connecticut.^[10]

References

1. ^¹{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Mrs. A. Heckscher, Philanthropist, 66. Widow of Real Estate Man Dies in Penthouse Home in Office Building |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/07/11/archives/mrsaheckscher-philanthropist-66-widow-of-real-estate-man-dies-in.html |quote= ... Edwin Burr Curtiss, former president of A. G. Spalding Bros. |work=The New York Times |date=July 11, 1941 |accessdate=2009-11-27 }}
2. ^{{cite news |first= |year=1894 |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Officers and graduates of Columbia college |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWPOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA297&lpg=PA297&dq=%22Edwin+Burr+Curtiss%22&source=bl&ots=mcd5cSUw9H&sig=2bDQiImIwEB3_FN9WbXOWYwVRNQ&hl=en&ei=72UPS5PcD8_alAeXk6SxAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Edwin%20Burr%20Curtiss%22&f=false |quote=Edwin Burr Curtiss ... |publisher=Columbia University |accessdate=2009-11-27 }}
3. ^{{cite news |first= |year=1884 |authorlink=Frederick H. Hackett |coauthors= |title=The Industries of San Francisco |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZoFNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA97&dq=%22Edwin+B.+Curtiss%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EYZVT-2rOaP20gGjsJzRDQ&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Edwin%20B.%20Curtiss%22&f=false}}
4. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvQLAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA278&dq=%22edwin+b.+curtiss%22&lr=&ei=ynYPS-PIA6CGygS6xZ3PDA#v=onepage&q=%22edwin%20b.%20curtiss%22&f=false |title=Fairfield County Golf Club |quote=The Fairfield County Golf Club at Greenwich is one of the best known in the state and it contains some excellent golfers. The incorporators of the club are Julian W. Curtiss, John H. Boswell, James McCutcheon, Edward K. ... Edwin B. Curtiss ... |work=The Connecticut magazine |year=1900 |accessdate=2009-11-27 }}
5. ^In 1909 the club was renamed "Greenwich Country Club". Website of the Greenwich Country Club
6. ^{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=American Booksellers Association Almanac |year=1950 |publisher= |quote=Edwin B. Curtiss of San Francisco, second vice-president | url=https://books.google.com/books?um=1&lr=&q=edwin+b.+curtiss&btnG=Search+Books |isbn= }}
7. ^{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The publishers weekly |year=1908 |publisher= |quote= Edwin B. Curtiss, second vice-president ... San Francisco | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qiADAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1398&dq=edwin+b.+curtiss&lr=&ei=3HIPS5WsOI2szgTTxej9DA#v=onepage&q=edwin%20b.%20curtiss&f=false |isbn= }}
8. ^¹{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Edwin Burr Curtiss |quote= Edwin Burr Curtiss, brother of Julian Wheeler Curtiss of ... He was a director of A. G. Spalding Brothers from the time the corporation ... |work=The New York Times |date=March 31, 1928 }}
9. ^¹{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Heckscher, 81, Weds Mrs. V. H. Curtiss, 55. Philanthropist Quietly Married to Widow of E. B. Curtiss at Croton Last Wednesday. Bride, a Close Friend of His First Wife, Has Been Associated With Him in Child Welfare Work. Wed in Parsonage. Born in Hamburg in 1848. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/07/08/archives/heckscher-81-weds-mrs-vh-curtiss-55-philanthropist-quietly-married.html |work=The New York Times |date=July 8, 1930 |accessdate=2009-11-25 }}
10. ^[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924015330149/cu31924015330149_djvu.txt "The Work of Carrère and Hastings," in Architectural Record (1910).]

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