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William West Durant. William West Durant (1850–1934) was a designer and developer of camps in the Adirondack Great Camp style, including Camp Uncas, Camp Pine Knot and Great Camp Sagamore which are National Historic Landmarks. He was the son of Thomas C. Durant, the financier and railroad promoter who was behind the Crédit Mobilier scandal .
William West Durant at Camp Pine Knot, 1890 (Wikipedia)Born: 1850. Died: 1934. Married: Janet Lathrop Stott. William West Durant was a designer and developer of camps in the Adirondack Great Camp style, including Camp Uncas, Camp Pine Knot and Sagamore Camp which are National Historic Landmarks. At one time he owned much of the shorelines of ...
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Born in 1850, William West Durant was the eldest child of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Clark Durant. In 1863, Mrs. Durant left New York with her two children and spent the next thirteen years in Europe, leaving her husband behind to attend to his flourishing railroad business. In Florence she commissioned Hiram Powers to create portraits of herself and ...
William West Durant was the late 19th century summer camp designer, builder, and developer who took twig work to new heights. He built and sold his land and camps to Gilded Age acquaintances, making the Adirondacks fashionable and its style renowned. Despite Durant’s influence, and his influential supporters, he was bankrupt by 1904. He ...
The Story of Civilization (1935–1975), by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an 11-volume set of books covering both Eastern and Western civilizations for the general reader, with a particular emphasis on European (Western) history. The series was written over a span of four decades. The first six volumes of The Story of Civilization ...
- Ariel Durant, Will Durant
- 1935
Will Durant. William James Durant ( / dəˈrænt /; November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981) was an American historian and philosopher, best known for his 11-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations. It was written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and ...
William West Durant was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1850, the son of Dr. Thomas Clark Durant and Heloise Hannah Timbrel. He attended Twickenham School in England and Bonn University in Germany. 1876-77 Swiss Chalet started by. Dr. Durant as a rough cabin. 1882 2nd Floor added by William. After university his travels in Europe exposed him to ...
