Horace Howard Furness - Legacy

Legacy

  • Horace Jr. donated his father's Shakespearean collection to the University of Pennsylvania, whose Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library honors both father and son.
  • Another son, William Henry Furness III, is one of the University of Pennsylvania medical students depicted in Thomas Eakins's painting The Agnew Clinic (1889).
  • The Helen Kate Furness Free Library in Wallingford, Pennsylvania (named for his wife) is built on the former grounds of their country house, "Lindenshade," on land donated by him.
  • Horace Howard Furness High School in South Philadelphia is named for him.

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