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The Cyclopædia of American Biography/Widener, Harry Elkins
WIDENER, Harry Elkins, bibliophile, b.
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in Philadelphia, Pa., 3 Jan., 1885; d. at sea, in the “Titanic” disaster, 15 April, 1912, son of George Dunton and Eleanor (Elkins) Widener. He was a member of the Widener family of Philadelphia, whose work in the organization and management of that city's street railway system form an important chapter in civic history.
His maternal grandfather, William L. Elkins, organized the Philadelphia Traction Company, finally acquiring possession of Philadelphia's entire system of street railways.
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Peter A. B. Widener, his paternal grandfather, who was closely associated with Mr. Elkins in his traction enterprises, was a practical philanthropist, and deeply interested in art. His son, George D. Widener, early became recognized as a traction expert, and soon came into the management of his father's great traction interests.
With his son, he died chivalrously and heroically on the