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Belle da Costa Greene

Belle da Costa Greene
Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (d. 1950)

Belle da Costa Greene was an American librarian who managed and developed the personal library of J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian for his son, Jack Morgan, and in 1924 was named the first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Despite being born to Black parents, Greene spent her professional career passing for white.

13 December 1883

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