biography
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Avery, Samuel Putnam
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| male
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| lived:
| (1822–1904)
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| biography:
| Art connoisseur and philanthropist, born in New York City, New York, USA. After little formal schooling, he worked as an engraver of bank notes, a wood engraver, and book illustrator. He established an art book publishing company (1865–88), collected engravings and etchings, and was a founder of the Metropolitan Museum. He also endowed and built the Avery Architectural Library at Columbia College (1891). |
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