William Fellowes Morgan, Sr.

William Fellowes Morgan, Sr. (1861–1943) was president of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.

Biography

He was born in 1861 and graduated from Columbia University in 1880 and pioneered the use of refrigeration in warehouses.[1] His children include: William Fellowes Morgan, Jr., the Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City.

He died in 1943.

References

  1. "W. F. Morgan Sr. Honored At Rites. Several Hundred at Service in St. George's For Business Man and Philanthropist". New York Times. May 6, 1943. Retrieved 2010-05-14. ... attended a funeral service yesterday for William Fellowes Morgan Sr. in St. George's Episcopal Church in Stuyvesant Square. Mr. Morgan, who had been ...

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