Sphinx Club (New York)

For other places with the same name, see Sphinx Club (disambiguation).

The Sphinx Club was a gentlemen's club in New York, USA. It was established in 1896, mainly for men in the advertising business, and primarily for dining.[1]

Joel Erhardt (1838–1909), a politician, civil servant, lawyer and businessman, was a member of the club.[2]

In 1913, Reginald Walter Macan, Master of University College, Oxford, visited New York and spoke at the Sphinx Club about Rhodes Scholars at Oxford University.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "The Sphinx Club, New York [microform]". Archive.org. 1922. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Joel B. Erhardt Dies Suddenly; Ex-Police Commissioner and Collector of Port Is Stricken in Union League Club. Was Candidate For Mayor; Made a Strong Fight, but Was Defeated by Tammany's Candidate Grant — His War Record". New York Times. 9 September 1909.
  3. ↑ "Rhodes Scholar's Sneer: American Called Oxford "a God-Forsaken Place," Dr. Macan Says". New York Times. 16 December 1913.


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