His name was Henry Folger and he was a successful businessman who worked his way to the top of Standard Oil. Folger managed to buy 82 first folios out of only a couple of hundred that survived ...

But no single individual did more to create a frenzied market for these rare books than an American named Henry Folger, who was born in Manhattan in 1857. Henry was a member of the same extended ...

The Washington Post via Getty Images The founder of the Folger Library had other intentions. Henry Folger idolized Shakespeare and believed America had a marvelous relationship with him.

The title page of one of the Folger’s First Folios. Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library Future titan of industry Henry Clay Folger Jr. lived the first part of his life in Dickensian poverty.

WORD has it that the spirit of Henry Folger (1857-1930) still haunts the Washington building that bears his name -- and his ashes. According to popular legend, a Folger Shakespeare Library ...

Henry Folger, who became president of the Standard Oil Company in 1911, worked with his wife, Emily, to amass a large collection of Shakespeare artifacts. Toward the end of World War I ...

"Henry and Emily Folger's collection of First Folios have long been a source of fascination," says Greg Prickman, Eric Weinmann Librarian and Director of Collections. "For the first time ...

Henry Folger, who became president of the Standard Oil Company in 1911, worked with his wife, Emily, to amass a large collection of Shakespeare artifacts. Toward the end of World War I ...

The Folger Shakespeare Library won’t be competing to acquire the book. Thanks to a buying spree that founders Henry and Emily Folger made over a century ago, the library already owns 82 copies.