Henry Clay Folger Jr. was an American businessman who was president and later chairman of Standard Oil of New York, a collector of Shakespeareana, and co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library alongside his wife Emily Jordan Folger.

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Occupation: entrepreneur, philanthropist, industrialist, book collector
Citizenship: United States
Born: June 18, 1857, 1857
Died: June 11, 1930, 1930

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Henry Clay Folger

American Shakespeare collector, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library

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