Nationality United States Parents Frederick Baldwin Adams | Name Frederick Adams, Known for bibliophile | |
Born March 28, 1910 ( 1910-03-28 ) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Occupation Pierpont Morgan Library director Spouse(s) Marie-Luise Natalie Engelberta Ludmilla Nancy Julie, Prinzessin von Croy (m. 1969) Died January 7, 2001, Chisseaux, France Education Yale University, University of Pennsylvania People also search for Frederick Baldwin Adams, Frederick B. Adams, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Erastus Corning | ||
Board member of Yale University Press | ||
Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr. (March 28, 1910 – January 7, 2001) was an American bibliophile and the director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City from 1938–1969.
Born in Greenwich, Connecticut, the son of Ellen Walters Delano (a first cousin of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) and Frederick Baldwin Adams, he married his third wife on July 23, 1969, the Swedish princess Marie-Luise Natalie Engelberta Ludmilla Nancy Julie, Prinzessin von Croÿ, daughter of Nancy Louise Leishman and Karl Rudolf Engelbert Phillipp Leo, Herzog von Croÿ.
He was Director Emeritus of the Pierpont Morgan Library, (New York City), 1948–69; President, 1959–71, Governing Board 1952–, Yale University Press; Member, Yale Corporation, 1964–71; Yale University Council, 1949–58 and President of the New-York Historical Society. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1954. He was president of the Grolier Club, 1947–1951.
Adams graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Yale University in 1932, where he was a member of Skull and Bones He amassed one of the largest personal holdings of works by authors Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost, as well as one of the leading collections of Karl Marx and left-wing Americana. Adams resigned from the Morgan Library and moved to Paris with his wife after their marriage. There he served at president of the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, the most prestigious organization of bibliophiles in the world. His own collection was dispersed at Sotheby's in London, November 6–7, 2001.