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About Grenville Kane
Grenville Kane
Grenville Kane, 'the dean of American book collectors', died at his home in Tuxedo Park, New York, July 17, 1943. He was born in 1854 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, the son of Pierre Corné and Edith Kane (Brevoort)
He attended St. Paul's School at Concord and graduated from Trinity College in 1875. Three years later he received the degree of LL.B. from Columbia University School of Law, although he never engaged in the practice of law in succeeding years.
He was a member of the firm of T. Suifern Tailer and Company, bankers, from 1906-1922. He was a director of several banks and railroads, and continued in an advisory capacity upon various boards until his partial retirement in 1927. He had an expert knowledge of railroad finance and management.
On April 28, 1881, he married Margaret Adelaide Wolfe (died 1940), the daughter of John Wolfe, the noted art collector.
He's remembered chiefly as an ardent book collector. Although he collected in several different fields, his largest collection was of Americana, with some 1,270 separate items. Grenville Kane died in 1943, and was survived by his five daughters.
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Grenville Kane's Timeline
| 1854 |
July 12, 1854
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New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, United States
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| 1884 |
March 29, 1884
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Tuxedo Park, Orange County, New York, United States
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| 1888 |
November 25, 1888
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Tuxedo Park, Orange County, New York, United States
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| 1943 |
July 16, 1943
Age 89
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Tuxedo Park, Orange County, New York, United States
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Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, 11232, United States
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