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.
- Occupation
- collector, patron of the arts, explorer, writer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 2, 1884
- Died
