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About Emily Jordan Folger
Emily Jordan Folger was the co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library alongside her husband Henry Clay Folger. During her husband's lifetime, she assisted him in building the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials. After his death in 1930, she funded the completion of the Folger Shakespeare Library to house the collection, remaining involved with its administration until her death in 1936.
Everything about Emily Jordan Folger →- Occupation
- founder, literary scholar, collector
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 15, 1858
- Died
- February 21, 1936