John Cleve Green
Deceased Person
1800 – 1875
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Who was John Cleve Green?
John Cleve Green was a merchant and former partner of John Murray Forbes in the China trading house of Russell & Company. Green was a benefactor of Princeton University and the Lawrenceville School. One of his homes was a 10 acres estate in New Brighton, Staten Island, where Curtis High School now stands. In the late 19th century he gave 1.5 million dollars to Princeton and on his death made major bequests to New York University and New York area hospitals.
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