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John Arthur Chandor
John Arthur Chandor (January 18, 1850 – June 1, 1909) was an American businessman, journalist, inventor, minor U. S. diplomat, and bigamist. According to historian Michael Hagemeister, sources contemporary with John described him as "an adventurer of the most dangerous character", an "inveterate liar", and a "scoundrel in money matters". John was born in New York City. His parents were the Hungarian inventor and entrepreneur Lasslo (Laslo) Philip Chandor (1815/1817 – October 7, 1894) and Laura Mannabourg (Mannaberg) (September 28, 1827 - April 14, 1878). John attended Harvard Law School, but left the school without obtaining a law degree. The records indicate that he entered the Junior Class (the lowest class) of Harvard Law School on October 1, 1868, and left the law school, without graduating, sometime in 1869. In the 1870s and 1880s, John lived in Paris, with his wife Adeline and his mistress Elizabeth Fry Ralston, partly on the proceeds of investments from his father's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentine Chandor
Valentine Laura Chandor (February 14, 1875 – October 25, 1935) was an American educator. She was born in New York City, the eldest child of John Arthur Chandor and Adeline Augusta Dickinson (May 3, 1850 –September 18, 1947), who were married on April 1, 1874 in Manhattan, New York City. Chandor taught at the Charlton School in New York City, which the Rockefeller Foundation purchased in 1917, and turned into New Lincoln School, Lincoln School. After Charlton parents persuaded her, Chandor up on her own with 40 girls at East 62nd Street, the Chandor School. The pupil roll grew to 100 girls, chosen "for character and breeding sooner than wealth", and in 1932, Chandor described by ''Time'' magazine as "able proprietress of the foremost remaining small school for New York fashionables" agreed to become head of Spence School, merging its 176 pupil roll with her own. According to ''Time'' magazine, after Chandor's death in autumn 1935, Spence School was "again heading up", and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |