Beatty, A. Chester (Alfred Chester), Sir, 1875-1968
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- Beatty, Alfred Chester, Sir, 1875-1968
- Beatty, Chester, Sir, 1875-1968
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1875-02-07
Death Date
- 1968-01-19
Birth Place
- New York (N.Y.)
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
(aat) Art collectors
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Earlier Established Forms
- Beatty, Alfred Chester, Sir, 1875-1968
Sources
- found: The library of A. Chester Beatty, a descriptive catalogue of the Western manuscripts. Volume 1, 1927:title page (A. Chester Beatty)
- found: Chester Beatty Library. A handlist of the Arabic manuscripts. Volume 1, 1955:page viii (foreword signed A. Chester Beatty)
- found: Wikipedia, viewed November 22, 2019(Alfred Chester Beatty; Sir Alfred Chester Beatty; he always signed his name "A. Chester Beatty"; born February 7, 1875, in New York; died January 19, 1968, in Monte Carlo, Monaco; he established what became the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin in 1953)
- found: Oxford dictionary of national biography, viewed online on November 22, 2019(Beatty, Sir (Alfred) Chester, mining engineer and art collector; born February 7, 1875, in New York City; studied at Princeton and Columbia; he moved to England in 1911 and became a British subject in 1933; he settled in Dublin, Ireland, in 1950; he built up a unique collection of Indian and Persian miniatures and manuscripts and early Bibles; died in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on January 19, 1968)
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Change Notes
- 1980-06-09: new
- 2019-11-23: revised
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