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Templeton Crocker
Born
Charles Templeton Crocker

(1884-09-02)September 2, 1884
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 12, 1948(1948-12-12) (aged 64)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Resting placeCypress Lawn Memorial Park
Spouse
Helene Irwin
(m. 1911; div. 1927)
Parent(s)Charles Frederick Crocker
Jennie Ella Marine Easton

Charles Templeton Crocker (September 2, 1884 – December 12, 1948) was an American philanthropist, art patron and yachtsman. He was a past president of the California Historical Society and a member of the board of directors for over twenty years. He also wrote the libretto to the first American opera that was produced in Europe; helped popularize French Art Deco in America; and funded and headed expeditions with the California Academy of Sciences and other academic institutions aboard his personal yacht Zaca. The town of Templeton is named after him.

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Templeton Crocker

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to Charles Frederick (Fred) & Jennie Crocker (née Easton); Templeton's paternal grandfather was Charles Crocker, one of the Big Four railroad magnates...

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Crocker family

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Charles Crocker (1822-1888) Charles Frederick Crocker (1854-1897) Mary Crocker (1881–1905) Charles Templeton Crocker (1884–1948) Jennie Adeline Crocker (1887–1974)...

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Charles Crocker

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Mary Crocker (1881–1905), who married U.S. Congressman Francis Burton Harrison; Charles Templeton Crocker (1884–1948); and Jennie Adeline Crocker (1887–1974)...

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Charles Frederick Crocker

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child. Crocker was survived by three children: Mary Crocker (who would later marry the congressman Francis Burton Harrison), Charles Templeton Crocker (who...

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List of Bohemian Club members

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Ryder, David Warren (1962). 'Great Citizen': A Biography of William H. Crocker. Historical Publications. p. 190. Serrano, Richard A.; Savage, David G...

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Harry Crocker

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William Henry Crocker, president of Crocker National Bank, mystic, princess and writer Aimee Crocker and Templeton Crocker past president of the California...

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Crystal Springs Uplands School

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originally built as a private residence by Templeton Crocker, scion of railroad baron Charles F. Crocker. Crocker hired architect Willis Polk to design the...

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List of Grove Plays

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performed Saturday night August 2, 1930. Dobie, Charles Caldwell; Alec Templeton; Bohemian Club. The Golden Talisman, A Grove Play. 1941. Buck, Richard...

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William Henry Crocker

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William Henry Crocker I (January 13, 1861 – September 25, 1937) was a member of the wealthy Crocker family and a prominent member of the Republican Party...

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Galapagosia

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minuta Curran, 1934 Galapagos Islands. Curran, C.H. (1934). "The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 13, Diptera"...

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Acanalonia

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Cientifica Argentina. Buenos Aires, 8: 209-226. Van Duzee E. P. 1933 The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932, No. 4. Characters...

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Crocker Art Museum

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African, and Oceanic art. The Crocker Art Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. Edwin B. Crocker (1818–1875), a wealthy California...

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Alice Millard

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and influencing such affluent disciples as William Andrews Clark, Templeton Crocker, Caroline Boeing Poole, and Estelle Doheny." Artists of the Arroyo...

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Joseph Redding

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Wlaschin, p. 324 "American Opera a Monte Carlo Hit; Fab-Yen-Fah, by Templeton Crocker and Joseph E. Redding, Pleases the Critics". The New York Times. February...

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Condylostylus

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1–6. Retrieved 10 August 2016. Van Duzee, Millard C. (1933). "The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No.7. Dolichopodidae...

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Acanthemblemaria crockeri

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specified but it is thought to be the explorer and philanthropist Charles Templeton Crocker (1884-1948). Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; espinosa, H.; Hastings...

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Mote sculpin

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meaning "fish", to Norman's surname. The specific name honours Charles Templeton Crocker, a San Francisco based philanthropist and self-proclaimed explorer...

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The Lodge at Pebble Beach

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dinner and dance at the lodge included guests William Henry Crocker and Templeton Crocker, as well as other high-society guests. During the day, professional...

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Platensina amplipennis

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pls. 8–9. Retrieved 21 February 2021. Curran, C.H. (1936). "The Templeton Crocker Expedition to western Polynesian and Melanesian islands, 1933. No...

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Dioxyna crockeri

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family Tephritidae. Galapagos Islands. Curran, C.H. (1934). "The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 13, Diptera"...

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Evaza

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Agricultural University Press. pp. 870 pp. Curran, C.H. (1936). "The Templeton Crocker Expedition to western Polynesian and Melanesian islands, 1933. No...

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