Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Eleanor Elkins Widener, née Eleanor Elkins (later known as Eleanor Elkins Widener Rice or Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice; c.1862 – July 13, 1937) was an American heiress, socialite, philanthropist, and adventuress best remembered for her donation to Harvard University of the Widener Library—a memorial to her elder son Harry Elkins Widener, who (along with her first husband, George Dunton Widener) perished in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.Widener later married Harvard professor Alexander Hamilton Rice, Jr., a surgeon and explorer.She subsequently accompanied Rice on a number of expeditions, including one on which she "went further up the Amazon than any white woman had penetrated" and, purportedly, he was attacked by cannibals.. }
Showing items 1 to 1 of
1
with 100 items per page.
- Eleanor_Elkins_Widener abstract "Eleanor Elkins Widener, née Eleanor Elkins (later known as Eleanor Elkins Widener Rice or Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice; c.1862 – July 13, 1937) was an American heiress, socialite, philanthropist, and adventuress best remembered for her donation to Harvard University of the Widener Library—a memorial to her elder son Harry Elkins Widener, who (along with her first husband, George Dunton Widener) perished in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.Widener later married Harvard professor Alexander Hamilton Rice, Jr., a surgeon and explorer.She subsequently accompanied Rice on a number of expeditions, including one on which she "went further up the Amazon than any white woman had penetrated" and, purportedly, he was attacked by cannibals.".