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Robert Hoe III

United States manufacturer, collector

Died when: 70 years 196 days (846 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Robert Hoe III

Robert Hoe III (10 March 1839, in New York City – 22 September 1909, in London) was an American businessman and producer of printing press equipment.

He succeeded Richard March Hoe as head of R.Hoe & Company, which continued its preeminence among printing-press makers.He was one of the organizers and first president of the Grolier Club, the well-known New York organization for the promotion of bookmaking as an art.

He was also one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.


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