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He was inspired to build his Shakespeare collection, which became the largest in the world, by a speech he heard by Ralph Waldo Emerson while at Amherst College.
'''Henry Clay Folger''' (1857-1930) was a devotee of [[Shakespeare]] who founded, along with his wife Emily, the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]

He amassed a fortune as president, and later chairman of the board, of Standard Oil Company of New York (which subsequently became Mobil Oil).

He was inspired to build his Shakespeare collection, which became the largest in the world, by a speech he heard by [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] while at [[Amherst College]].
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