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George Dunton Widener (June 16, 1861 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. [1] ... In 1912, Widener, his wife, ...
Widener was born September 21, 1861 [1] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [2] Her father was the wealthy businessman William Lukens Elkins. She attended Vassar College for one year but left to marry George Dunton Widener, the son of her father's business partner, Peter Arrell Browne Widener, on November 1, 1883. [1]
The Widener family is an American family from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Peter Arrell Browne Widener (1834–1915) and his wife, Hannah Josephine Dunton (1836–1896), it was once one of the wealthiest families in the United States. Widener was ranked #29 on the American Heritage list of the forty richest Americans in history, with ...
The property was still in the design phase of construction when the owner, Philadelphia streetcar magnate George Dunton Widener, traveled with his wife Eleanor Elkins and son Harry to Paris in ...
The Widener fortune, amassed in the meat-packing and streetcar businesses, saw Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. listed in Forbes Magazine's 400 Richest Americans in 1985, 1991, and 1995. Dixon bred thoroughbred racehorses at Erdenheim Farm, and was a member and one-time Chairman of the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission.
Peter Arrell Browne Widener (November 13, 1834 – November 6, 1915) was an American businessman, art collector, and patriarch of the wealthy Widener family. He began his career as a butcher , ran a successful chain of meat stores, and won a lucrative contract to supply mutton to Union army troops during the American Civil War .
George Clooney can already hear the laughter coming from his family after having to dye his hair for his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck. “My wife [Amal Clooney] is going to hate it ...
Widener (left) with his mother Eleanor Elkins Widener and architect Horace Trumbauer in Harvard Yard during the planning for Widener Library, c. 1912.. Widener was born into the prominent and wealthy Widener family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the younger son of George Dunton Widener and Eleanor Elkins, and brother to Harry Elkins Widener (1885–1912) and Eleanor Widener Dixon (1891–1966).