| 词条 | Josephine Louise Newcomb |
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|name = Josephine Louise Newcomb |image = Josephine Louise Newcomb.jpg |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = October 31, 1816 |birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland |death_date = {{death date and age|1901|04|07|1816|10|31}} |death_place = |occupation = Philanthropist |nationality = American |spouse = Warren Newcomb |children = Warren Newcomb, Jr., Harriott Sophie Newcomb}}Josephine Louise Newcomb (née Le Monnier; October 31, 1816 – April 7, 1901) was the philanthropist whose donations led to the founding of Newcomb College at Tulane University.[1] LifeJosephine Louise Le Monnier was born in Baltimore on October 31, 1816 to Mary Sophia Waters and Alexander Le Monnier.[2] She received her education in Baltimore and in her father's native France.[3] After her mother died, Le Monnier went to live in New Orleans, where her older sister Eleanor Anne and brother-in-law William Henderson had settled.[2] There, Le Monnier met Warren Newcomb, and the couple married in Christ Church Cathedral on December 15, 1845.[4] The couple moved to Louisville, Kentucky, and had a son, Warren, Jr., who died shortly after his birth in 1853.[2] The couple later moved to New York, where Josephine gave birth to their second child, Harriott Sophie Newcomb, on July 29, 1855.[4] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/412891/Josephine-Louise-Le-Monnier-Newcomb|title=Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb|work=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=2009-06-11}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb|url=http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=859|work=Knowla Encyclopedia of Louisiana|accessdate=December 18, 2012}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Dixon|first=Brandt V. B.|title=A Brief History of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, 1887-1919|year=1928|isbn=0-9646222-0-3}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|title=Who Was Josephine Louise Newcomb?|url=http://newcomblives.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/jltimeline2152010.pdf|work=NewcombLives.com|accessdate=December 18, 2012}} External links{{Portal|Biography}}
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