| 词条 | Harriet Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks |
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| name = Hetty Sylvia Ann Howland Robinson Green Wilks | image = HettyGreen001a.jpg | image_size = | caption = Sylvia (right) on her wedding day with her mother (left) and her husband Matthew Astor Wilks (center). | birth_name = Harriet Sylvia Ann Howland Green | birth_date = {{birth date|1871|01|07}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|02|05|1871|01|7}} | death_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | networth = $95M (approx. ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|95000000|1951|r=-6}}}} in 2018) | spouse = {{marriage|Matthew Astor Wilks |February 23, 1909|1926|reason=his death}} | parents = Hetty Howland Robinson Edward Henry Green | relatives = Edward H. R. Green (brother) Sylvia Ann Howland (grand-aunt) }}Harriet Sylvia Ann Howland Robinson Green Wilks (January 7, 1871 – February 5, 1951) was one of the wealthiest women in the United States.[1] Early lifeHarriet Sylvia Ann Howland Robinson Green was born in London, England on January 7, 1871. Although named Harriet after her mother, she was known as Sylvia throughout her lifetime. She was the daughter of Hetty Howland (née Robinson) Green and Edward Henry Green. Her only sibling was an brother, businessman Edward Howland Robinson Green. Personal lifeOn February 23, 1909, Sylvia, then 32 years old, was married to 63 year old Matthew Astor Wilks (1844–1926) in Morristown, New Jersey. Wilks was a great-grandson of America's first millionaire John Jacob Astor.[2] Although Wilks was worth approximately $2,000,000 on his own right, her mother insisted that they prenuptial agreement waiving his right to inherit Sylvia's fortune.[3] When her brother died in 1935, she inherited his estate, rather than the estate going to his widow.[1] Her husband died on July 9, 1926 at his home, 7 West 81st Street in New York City.[4] He was buried at Immanuel Cemetery in Bellows Falls, Vermont.[5] Sylvia, who was then living at 998 Fifth Avenue,[6] died at New York Hospital on February 5, 1951,[7] and was buried alongside her husband at Immanuel Cemetery in Vermont. She left an estate valued at $94,965,229 (approximately ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|95000000|1951|r=-3}}}} today).[8][9][10] The list of assets included 36 pages of bonds, eight pages of blue-chip stocks, and $31 million in a non interest bearing checking account.[12][11] EstateHer will was found stuffed in a tin cabinet with four cakes of soap. She bestowed just $5,000 on her closest genetic relative, a cousin, but the court awarded her $140,000 during probate. The remainder was divided between 63 charities and educational institutions.[12] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Green Grist |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,931609,00.html |quote=A surprise witness at the first session was tall, sharp-nosed, bespectacled Mrs. Hetty Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks, 66, whose right to her brother's fortune by terms of a will drawn nine years before his marriage has been challenged by Colonel Green's widow, redheaded Mabel E. Harlow Green, 66. |publisher=Time |date= May 3, 1937 |accessdate=2008-06-08 }} 2. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Matthew A. Wilks Dies. J.J. Astor Descendant. Son-in-Law of the Late Hetty Green Was a Member of Many Clubs. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/08/04/archives/matthew-awilks-dies-j-j-astor-descendant-soninlaw-of-the-late-hetty.html |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=August 4, 1926|accessdate=2008-06-09 }} 3. ^Slack, Charles, Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon. New York: Ecco (2004) {{ISBN|0-06-054256-X}}. 4. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Matthew A. Wilks Dies. J.J. Astor Descendant. Son-in-Law of the Late Hetty Green Was a Member of Many Clubs. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1926/08/04/98498544.pdf |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=August 4, 1926|accessdate=2008-06-09 }} 5. ^{{cite news |title=MATTHEW A. WILKS'S WILL.; Mrs. Hetty Green's Son-In-Law Left Estate to Widow. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1926/09/21/98511288.pdf |accessdate=10 July 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=September 21, 1926 |language=en}} 6. ^{{cite news |last1=Netburn |first1=Deborah |title=Astor’s 998 Fifth Home Gets $16 Million Nibble; Buyers Kept on Ice |url=https://observer.com/2000/08/astors-998-fifth-home-gets-16-million-nibble-buyers-kept-on-ice/ |accessdate=10 July 2018 |work=The Observer |date=7 August 2000}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=MRS. HETTY WILKS DEAD AT AGE OF 80. Daughter Of Hetty Green, Noted For Financial Manipulations, Wed Descendant Of Astor "Accustomed To Economy" Active Until Last Year. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/02/06/86969616.pdf |quote=Mrs. Hetty Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks of 988 Fifth Avenue, widow of Matthew Astor Wilks, and daughter of Hetty Green, the famous woman financier, died yesterday in the New York Hospital at the age of 80. |publisher=New York Times |date=February 6, 1951|accessdate=2008-06-09 }} 8. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Mrs. H. Wilks Dead At Age Of 80. Daughter Of Hetty Green, Noted For Financial Manipulations, Wed Descendant Of Astor "Accustomed To Economy" Active Until Last Year. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/02/06/archives/mrs-hetty-wilks-dead-at-age-of-80-daughter-of-hetty-green-noted-for.html?sq=Wilks+Green+died&scp=1&st=p |quote=Mrs. Hetty Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks of 988 Fifth Avenue, widow of Matthew Astor Wilks, and daughter of Hetty Green, the famous woman financier, died yesterday in the New York Hospital at the age of 80. |publisher=New York Times |date=February 6, 1951|accessdate=2008-06-09 }} 9. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Hetty Green's Daughter Leaves $94,965,229 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/424588961.html?dids=424588961:424588961&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Sep+27%2C+1952&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Hetty+Green's+Daughter+Leaves+%2494%2C965%2C229&pqatl=google |quote=The estate of Mrs. Hetty Sylvia Howland Green Wilks, who died Feb. 5, 1951, totaled $94,965,229 gross and $90,845,301 net, according to an estate tax appraisal filed yesterday. |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=September 27, 1952 |accessdate=2008-06-08 }} 10. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Hetty Green's Only Daughter, 80, Dies |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/447446752.html?dids=447446752:447446752&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Feb+07%2C+1951&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=HETTY+GREEN'S+ONLY+DAUGHTER%2C+80%2C+DIES&pqatl=google |quote=Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilks, 80, only daughter of the wealthy Hetty Green and, in her own right, one of the world's richest women, died last night in New York Hospital.|publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=February 7, 1951 |accessdate=2008-06-08 }} 11. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Wilks Estate Is Put At 95 Millions, Third Of It In One Checking Account; Mrs. Wilks' Assets Put At 95 Millions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/03/20/archives/wilks-estate-is-put-at-95-millions-third-of-it-in-one-checking.html |quote=Mrs. Hetty Sylvia Howland Green Wilks, daughter of the late Hetty Green, noted woman financier at the turn of the century, left an estate of approximately $95,000,000 according to an accounting filed in Surrogate's Court yesterday. She died Feb. 5, 1951. |publisher=New York Times |date=March 20, 1952|accessdate=2008-06-09 }} 12. ^1 {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Mother Knew Better |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,935563,00.html |quote= |publisher=Time |date= March 31, 1952 |accessdate=2008-06-09 }} External links
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