Robert Hoe
Robert Hoe also Robert Hoe III. (Born March 10, 1839 in New York City , † September 22, 1909 in London ) was an American businessman, manufacturer and collector .
Life
Robert Hoe was the nephew of Richard March Hoe and his successor at R. Hoe & Company , a printing press manufacturer. He was one of the organizers and the first president of the Grolier Club , named after Jean Grolier , the well-known New York organization promoting book making as an art. He was an ambitious collector of rare books and manuscripts as well as silver, miniatures and other works of art. The value of his collections at the time of his death has been estimated at several million dollars. The catalogs of his library were unique in their typographical execution and bibliographical point of view.
Works (english)
- A Short History of the Printing Press (New York, 1902)
- Bookbinding as a Fine Art (Grolier Club; New York, 1886)
- "Maberly's" Print Collector magazine (1880).
Literature (english)
- Consult a brief and fragmentary biographical sketch by Gilliss in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record , Volume 41; (New York, 1910).
- Encyclopedia Americana. Hoe, Robert (Maker) 1920
- Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography . Hoe, Robert 1892.
- New International Encyclopedia Hoe (family) . 1905.
- Moore F., Gilman, Thurston: "New International Encyclopedia", New York: Dodd, Mead. (1905).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoe, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robert Hoe III. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American entrepreneur, collector, and bibliophile |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1909 |
| Place of death | London |