Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Ogden, Robert Curtis

OGDEN, ROBERT CURTIS, an American capitalist and merchant; born in Philadelphia, Pa., 1836; died New York City, 1913. He was educated in a private school and at Yale. From 1885, until he retired, in 1907, he was a member of the firm of John Wanamaker. During his life he was much interested in education and was a trustee of Tuskegee Institute, in Alabama, president Southern Education Board, Conference for Education in the South, and president and trustee of Hampton Institute.