Dan Fellows Platt

Dan Fellows Platt (June 10, 1873 – December 16, 1937) was an archeologist, author, art collector and the mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, from 1904 to 1905.

Biography He was born on June 10, 1873. In the same year his family moved to Englewood, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University as the English Salutatorian of his class in 1895. He studied at the American School of Classical Studies in Rome before earning his Bachelor of Laws from New York Law School and Master of Arts from Princeton. He practiced law until 1900, the same year he married Ethel Bliss (a future U.S. tennis champion) and decided to devote time to studying Renaissance art. Dan and Ethel built an Italian Palazzo house named Ambercroft and made regular trips to Europe. He invested significantly in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and was part owner of both the Arlington Hotel and the Eastman Hotel there. Between 1909 and 1916 he was on the Democratic State Committee for New Jersey serving in various roles. He was a delegate to the 1912 Democratic National Convention as a delegate for Woodrow Wilson. Platt was a recognized expert on Italian Renaissance paintings, particularly from Siena, which led to multiple lectures at colleges around the country and being named chair of the Visiting Committee of the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. Automobiling in Europe Before the War (1916)

Collections Dan Fellows Platt papers at Smithsonian Platt and DeWald Numismatic Collection at Princeton University Dan Fellows Platt Collection at Princeton University