Daniel Sargent Curtis
Daniel Sargent Curtis | |
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Born | 1825 |
Died | 1908 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University Harvard Law School |
Spouse |
Ariana Randolph Wormeley
(m. 1853) |
Children | Osborne Sargent Curtis Ralph Wormeley Curtis |
Parent(s) | Thomas Buckminster Curtis Maria Osborne Sargent |
Relatives | Daniel Sargent (grandfather) Henry Osborne Curtis (grandson) |
Daniel Sargent Curtis (1825–1908) was an American lawyer and banker. He was a trustee of the Boston Public Library, director of the Boston National Bank and owner of Palazzi Barbaro, Venice.[1]
Early life
Curtis was born in
Curtis was a graduate of Harvard University in 1846 and of Harvard Law School in 1848.[8]
Life in Italy
The Curtises left Boston in 1877 and got to Venice in 1880 where they lived most of their lives except for the many travels they took abroad, renting the palace when not at home. Beginning in 1881, they first rented a part of
Other non-American visitors were also there to visit or entertain the hosts, among others the British poet
Isabella Stewart Gardner, an art collector and the foremost patron of the arts in her time, fell in love with it renting it several times from 1890 when the Curtis' were travelling. When she went back to Boston, she built her "Venetian Palazzo", an interpretation of the Renaissance palaces of Venice.[12]
Personal life
In 1853, he married Ariana Randolph Wormeley (1833–1922) in Newport, a sister of Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer, both descendants of John Randolph (1727–1784).[13] As Ariana's father was an officer in the Royal Navy, she was born and raised in London.[3] They returned to the United States in 1848.[14] Daniel and Ariana settled in Boston where their sons were born:[3]
- Ralph Wormeley Curtis (1854–1922), an artist who married Lisa de Wolfe Colt in 1897.[13]
- Osborne Sargent Curtis (1858-1918),[15] a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge,[16] who married Frances Henrietta Gandy.[17][13]
Daniel generously donated volumes to the Boston Public Library's collections during his trusteeship. Daniel and Ariana resided at the Palazzo Barbaro until their deaths,[3] and their heirs still own it.
Descendants
His grandson through his son Osborne,
His granddaughter through his son Ralph, Sylvia Curtis (b. 1893)
References
- ^ Wadlin, Horace G. The Public Library of the City of Boston: A History. Boston: Trustees of the Boston Public Library, 1911.
- ISBN 9780674479401.
- ^ ISBN 0300117175. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ISBN 9780788400131. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Gage Family, Additional Papers (Series I), 1785-1963" (PDF). americanantiquarian.org. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Pub, Matthews, George E., & Co (1898). The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth century ... G.E. Matthews & Co. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ISBN 9780199778881. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Whitehill, Walter Muir. Boston Public Library: A Centennial History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1956
- ^ Venice Directions, Jonathan Buckley, Rough Guides, 2004, pg.136
- ISBN 9780307427229. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ISBN 9781440625039. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ Cunningham, Bill (25 July 2004). "The Pleasures of Boston, Politics Aside". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ ISBN 9780806307220. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ Preble, George Henry (1868). Genealogical Sketch of the First Three Generations of Prebles in America: With an Account of Abraham Preble the Emigrant, Their Common Ancestor, and of His Grandson Brigadier General Jedediah Preble, and His Descendants. Family Circulation, D. Clapp and Son. p. 159. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ Thayer, William Roscoe; Castle, William Richards; Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe; Pier, Arthur Stanwood; Voto, Bernard Augustine De; Morrison, Theodore (1919). The Harvard Graduates' Magazine. Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Curtis, Osborne Sargent (CRTS878OS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Thayer, William Roscoe; Castle, William Richards; Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe; Pier, Arthur Stanwood; Voto, Bernard Augustine De; Morrison, Theodore (1909). The Harvard Graduates' Magazine. Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "No. 35645". The London Gazette. 24 July 1942. p. 3293.
- ISBN 1844150496.
- ^ "Russell Curtis Steinert". The Boston Globe. July 28, 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ a b "MRS. SYLVIA CURTIS BECOMES ENGAGED; .Daughter of Late R. W. Curtis Will Be Wed to Schuyler Owen, Former AAF Major". The New York Times. 7 March 1947. Retrieved 24 August 2017.