STORY, WILLIAM WET MORE

(1819-95), an American sculptor, poet, and author; 6. at Salem, Ma achusetts. He executed numerous monuments. statues, and busts, among them being Cleopatra and the Libyan Sibyl in the London Exhibition (1862), and the| Peabody statue in front of the Royal Exchange, London. His publications include The American Question: Roba di Roma; Nero; He and She; Poems, 1885;| etc. See Lirz by H. James, 1903, Was philanthropist; educated b. in in Philadelphia Philadelphia. and| He entering busine became connected with the banking house of Drexel ang Company, and later with the firm J. of P. Morgan & Company. He was chairman of the directorates of several] railroads. He was a patron of arts and the owner of a valuable collection of pa: » Sculpture, etc. For pp era per a in Philadelphia, He was treasurer of Republican National Campaign fund in 1904 and {in 1908.