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About Henry Osborne Havemeyer
Henry Osborne Havemeyer, also known as H. O. Havemeyer, was an American industrialist who was founder and president of the American Sugar Refining Company, through which he dominated the American sugar refining industry. He was one of the richest men in the United States, and at the time of his death, his estate was valued at over $18.5 million. With his wife, Louisine, he was also a prolific art collector and one of the earliest American collectors of impressionist pieces, guided by Mary Cassatt.
Everything about Henry Osborne Havemeyer →- Occupation
- art collector, businessperson, factory owner, entrepreneur
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 18, 1847
- Died
- December 4, 1907