About Thomas Ellis Kirby
Lived 1846 – 1924 (aged 77–78). Thomas Ellis Kirby was an American art dealer.
Thomas Ellis Kirby (1846–1924) was an auctioneer at American Art Galleries. He was known as the "grand old man of the auction room".
Biography He was born in 1846. He married and had a son, Gustavus T. Kirby.
He was one of the three founders of the American Art Association (AAA) in 1883 in New York.
He died in 1924.
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Who was Thomas Ellis Kirby?
American auctioneer
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Thomas Ellis Kirby was born in 1846.
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Thomas Ellis Kirby died in 1924.
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Thomas Ellis Kirby was an art dealer.
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Thomas Ellis Kirby was American.
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