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- Widener_family abstract "The American Widener family of Peter Arrell Brown Widener (1834–1915) and his wife Hannah Josephine Dunton (1836–1896) were from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and were one of the wealthiest families in the United States. In 1883 Widener was part of the founding partnership of the Philadelphia Traction Company and used the great wealth accumulated from that business to become a founding organizer of U.S. Steel and the American Tobacco Company.The legacy of Peter and Hannah Widener includes the Widener Library at Harvard University but even more important was the implanting of a social conscience in their children that has been passed down from generation to generation. While the family fortune dwindled over time through estate taxes and the natural division and redivision by inheritors, many of their 21st century descendants continue to be involved in charitable works. Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, is named after the Wideners as a result of a very large contribution the family made when the college was transitioning from an all-male military college to a co-educational civilian university.Peter and Hannah Widener built Lynnewood Hall in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, a 110-room Georgian-style mansion designed by Horace Trumbauer where they assembled one of the most valuable art collections in the country. Left a vast fortune, their offspring became one of the most prominent factors in American Thoroughbred horse racing history as well as founding benefactors of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, and the Widener School for Crippled Children.The descendants of Peter Arrell Brown Widener and Hannah Josephine Dunton include: George Dunton Widener (1861-1912) Joseph E. Widener (1871-1943) Harry Elkins Widener (1885-1912) George D. Widener, Jr. (1889-1971) Peter A. B. Widener II (1895-1948) Gertrude T. Widener (1897-1970) Josephine P. Widener (1902-1961) Peter A. B. Widener III (1925-1999) Ella Anne Widener (1928-1986) Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr. (1923-2006)Widener related subjects: RMS Titanic Widener Library Widener University Widener School for Crippled Children New Bolton Center at Widener Hospital National Gallery of Art Lynnewood Hall National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Elmendorf Farm Happy Hill Farm Belmont Park Tyler School of Art Hialeah Park Race Track Cotillion Handicap Widener Handicap".
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- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Chester,_Pennsylvania.
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- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Fitz_Eugene_Dixon,_Jr..
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- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Gertrude_T._Widener.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Happy_Hill_Farm.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Harry_Elkins_Widener.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Harvard_University.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Hialeah_Park_Race_Track.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Horace_Trumbauer.
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- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Lynnewood_Hall.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink National_Gallery_of_Art.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink New_Bolton_Center.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Pennsylvania.
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- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Philadelphia.
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- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink RMS_Titanic.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Temple_University.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Thoroughbred_horse_racing.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Tyler_School_of_Art.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink U.S._Steel.
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- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Washington,_D.C..
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Widener_Handicap.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Widener_Library.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Widener_School_for_Crippled_Children.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLink Widener_University.
- Widener_family wikiPageWikiLinkText "Widener collection".
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- Widener_family subject Category:American_art_collectors.
- Widener_family subject Category:American_businesspeople_in_the_oil_industry.
- Widener_family subject Category:American_philanthropists.
- Widener_family subject Category:American_racehorse_owners_and_breeders.
- Widener_family subject Category:Business_families_of_the_United_States.
- Widener_family subject Category:Foundations_based_in_the_United_States.
- Widener_family subject Category:History_of_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania.
- Widener_family subject Category:National_Gallery_of_Art.
- Widener_family subject Category:Widener_University.
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- Widener_family type Collector.
- Widener_family type History.
- Widener_family type Organization.
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- Widener_family type Organization.
- Widener_family type Concept.
- Widener_family comment "The American Widener family of Peter Arrell Brown Widener (1834–1915) and his wife Hannah Josephine Dunton (1836–1896) were from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and were one of the wealthiest families in the United States. In 1883 Widener was part of the founding partnership of the Philadelphia Traction Company and used the great wealth accumulated from that business to become a founding organizer of U.S.".
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