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About Templeton Crocker
Charles Templeton Crocker was an American philanthropist, art patron and scion of the Crocker family. He was a past president of the California Historical Society and a member of the board of directors for over twenty years. He also wrote the libretto to the first American opera that was produced in Europe; helped popularize French Art Deco in America; and funded and headed expeditions with the California Academy of Sciences and other academic institutions aboard his personal yacht Zaca. The town of Templeton is named after him.
Everything about Templeton Crocker →- Occupation
- collector, patron of the arts, explorer, writer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 2, 1884
- Died
- December 12, 1948