Henry Probasco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1820
Place of Birth: Newtown, Connecticut, United States
Date of Death: 25-Oct-1902
Profession: art collector
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Henry Probasco
- Henry Probasco (born in Newtown, Connecticut on 4 July 1820; died 25 October 1902) was an American hardware magnate noted for the Tyler Davidson Fountain, Probasco Fountain and the Henry Probasco House.
- He had an interest in art and was selected as a "centennial commissioner" from Ohio.Probasco’s rare book collection was purchased by the Newberry Library.
- The collection, “some 2,500 volumes purchased for $52,924, included incunabula, Shakespeare folios, Grolier bindings, rare Bibles (among them the King James, first edition), ten early editions of Homer, nine of Dante, and eight of Horace, to mention only a few special works,” was the basis of what would become the library’s major rare book collection.
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