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About Rubens Peale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubens_Peale
Rubens Peale was an American artist and museum director. Born in Philadelphia, he was a son of artist-naturalist, Charles Willson Peale.
He was the fourth son of Charles Willson Peale. Rubens had weak eyes and, unlike most of his siblings, did not set out to be an artist. He traveled with the family in 1802 to Britain, but was unable to travel on the continent with the outbreak of war. In 1803 he attended classes at the University of Pennsylvania. He became Director of his father's museum in Philadelphia from 1810 to 1821, and then of the Peale Museum in Baltimore, which he ran with his brother, Rembrandt Peale. To promote the museum, he installed gas lighting illumination in the museum.
March 6, 1820, he married Eliza Burd Patterson, (December 6, 1795 – 1864) and they had children Charles Wilson, George Patterson, William, Mary Jane (1826–1902) (who also was a painter), James Burd, and Edward Burd. Charles Willson Peale (Feb 15, 1821 – Sept 30, 1871) married Harriet Friel (b. Aug 11, 1830), they had a son Albert Charles Peale, (Apr 1, 1849) who was a geologist with the US Geological Survey.
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Rubens Peale's Timeline
| 1784 |
May 4, 1784
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, United States
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| 1836 |
October 1, 1836
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| 1865 |
July 17, 1865
Age 81
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, United States
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