biography
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Isham, Ralph Hayward
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| male
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| lived:
| (1890–1955)
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| biography:
| Manuscript collector, born in New York City, New York, USA. A business executive, he devoted his leisure to tracking down and acquiring manuscripts and papers of English writer James Boswell. He published an 18-volume edition of his collection (1928–34) and sold the originals to Yale University in 1949. |
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