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| Born | 15 February 1832  |
| Died | 13 April 1912 (aged 80) |
Robbins Little (born in Newport, Rhode Island, 15 February 1832; died there 13 April 1912 [1] ) was a United States lawyer and librarian.
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| Born | 15 February 1832 |
| Died | 13 April 1912 (aged 80) |
Robbins Little (born in Newport, Rhode Island, 15 February 1832; died there 13 April 1912 [1] ) was a United States lawyer and librarian.
He graduated from Yale in 1851, and was subsequently tutor in Greek there. He afterward studied in Harvard Law School, where he received the degree of LL.B., and practised law in New York City in partnership with William Winthrop, afterward judge advocate in the U. S. Army. From 1865 until 1869, he was instructor in international law at the U.S. Naval Academy. In 1873 he became an examiner of claims in the war department at Washington, D.C. [2]
In 1878, he was elected superintendent of the Astor Library in New York City, and in 1883 became a trustee. During his administration, the library was greatly improved and enlarged, the endowment was increased by John Jacob Astor III, grandson of the founder, the hours of public admission were lengthened, and the facilities for research much extended, especially by the publication of a new catalog in four large volumes. [2] He was superintendent until 1896, after the 1895 consolidation of the Astor Library into the New York Public Library. [3]
John Jacob Astor was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by smuggling opium into China, and by investing in real estate in or around New York City. He was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United States.
John Jacob Astor IV was an American business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family. He died in the sinking of the Titanic during the early hours of April 15, 1912. Astor was the richest passenger aboard the RMS Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, with a net worth of roughly $87 million when he died.
William Backhouse Astor Sr. was an American business magnate who inherited most of his father John Jacob Astor's fortune. He worked as a partner in his father's successful export business. His massive investment in Manhattan real estate enabled major donations to the Astor Library in the East Village, which became the New York Public Library.
John Jacob Astor III was an American financier, philanthropist and a soldier during the American Civil War. He was a prominent member of the Astor family, becoming the wealthiest member in his generation and the founder of the English branch of the family.
The Astor family achieved prominence in business, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries. With Italian German ancestral roots in the Italian and Swiss Alps, the Astors settled in Germany, first appearing in North America in the 18th century with John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest people in history.
William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor was an American-English attorney, politician, businessman, and philanthropist. Astor was a scion of the very wealthy Astor family of New York City. He moved to England in 1891, became a British subject in 1899, and was made a peer as Baron Astor in 1916 and Viscount Astor in 1917 for his contributions to war charities.
Madeleine Talmage Dick was an American socialite and a survivor of the RMS Titanic. She was the second wife and widow of businessman John Jacob Astor IV.
James Lenox was an American bibliophile and philanthropist. His collection of paintings and books eventually became known as the Lenox Library and in 1895 became part of the New York Public Library.
The Astor Library was a free public library in the East Village, Manhattan, developed primarily through the collaboration of New York City merchant John Jacob Astor and New England educator and bibliographer Joseph Cogswell and designed by Alexander Saeltzer. It was primarily meant as a research library, and its books did not circulate. It opened to the public in 1854, and in 1895 consolidated with the Lenox Library and the Tilden Foundation to become the New York Public Library (NYPL). During this time, its building was expanded twice, in 1859, and 1881.
Charles Adams Platt was an American architect, garden designer, and artist of the "American Renaissance" movement. His garden designs complemented his domestic architecture.
D. Appleton & Company was an American publishing company founded by Daniel Appleton, who opened a general store which included books. He published his first book in 1831. The company's publications gradually extended over the entire field of literature. It issued the works of contemporary scientists, including those of Herbert Spencer, John Tyndall, Thomas Huxley, Charles Darwin, and others, at reasonable prices. Medical books formed a special department, and books in the Spanish language for the South America market were a specialty which the firm made its own. In belles lettres and American history, it had a strong list of names among its authors.
Asher Robbins was a United States senator from Rhode Island.
Joseph Green Cogswell was an American librarian, bibliographer and an innovative educator.
John Alexander Kennedy was the superintendent of police for New York City, from 1860 to 1863. He was in charge of the police response to the New York City draft riots in 1863, until he was badly beaten by the mobs.
Walter Loomis Newberry was the son of Amasa and Ruth (Warner) Newberry. He was an American businessman and philanthropist, whose will provided for the creation of the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois.
Edward R. Straznicky was superintendent of the Astor Library 1872-1876. He created the first catalogue of the library which was published in 1857.
William Backhouse Astor Jr. was an American businessman, racehorse owner/breeder, and yachtsman who was a member of the prominent Astor family. His elder brother, financier and philanthropist John Jacob Astor III, became head of the British line of Astors in England. William Jr. was head of the American line of Astors, while his wife, Caroline Schermerhorn, served as the leader of New York society's "Four Hundred" during the Gilded Age.
James Carson Brevoort was an American collector of rare books and coins. He served as superintendent of the Astor Library for two years, also serving as trustee.
Charles Alexander Nelson was an american librarian and bibliographer.
Frederic Beecher Perkins was an American editor, writer, and librarian. He was a member of the Beecher family, a prominent 19th-century American religious family.
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