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George Sidney Hellman (November 14, 1878-July 23, 1958) was an American author, editor, and art collector

Biography[edit]

Hellman assisted J. Pierpont Morgan with his book collection that later became the Morgan Library.[1] Hellman became a trustee of the Arts Council of the City of New York in 1927.[2] In 1938 he began working on the first biography of Benjamin Cardozo, though Irving Lehman, Hellman's friend and Cardozo's executor, denied him access to Cardozo's personal papers.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ A Century of commentary on the works of Washington Irving, 1860-1974. p. 147.
  2. ^ "Hellman Takes Post". The Art Digest. 2 (6): 7.
  3. ^ The world of Benjamin Cardozo : personal values and the judicial process. p. 4.

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