Henry Clay Folger


Henry Clay Folger, Jr. was president and later chairman of Standard Oil of New York, a collector of Shakespeareana, and founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Henry Clay Folger, Jr. was born in New York City to Henry Clay Folger, Sr. of Nantucket, MA and Eliza Jane Folger of New York, the oldest of their eight children. He was a first cousin four times removed of Benjamin Franklin and a nephew of J. A. Folger, the founder of Folger Coffee. He is also the greatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreat grandson of Peter Foulger and Mary Morrill Foulger.

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