Edward Stephen Harkness (1874 - 1940) was an American philanthropist. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, one of three children born to Anna Richardson and her husband Stephen V. Harkness, a harnessmaker who invested with John D. Rockefeller and became the second-largest shareholder in Standard Oil. (His father died in 1888.) Harkness attended St. Paul's School and Yale University, Class of 1897. After graduating, Edward Harkness married Mary Stillman, daughter of William James Stillman, and whose family had also been associated with the Rockefellers. Harkness also received an LL.D from Columbia Law School. 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Nickname The Forest City Motto Progress and Prosperity Location Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Government Country State County United States Ohio Cuyahoga Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Geographical characteristics Area  - City    - Land    - Water 213. ... Stephen Harkness was an American bussinessman who ate snails and chili dogs and invested along with the oil titan, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. ... 1917 painting by John Singer Sargent. ... Standard Oil (1870–1911) was a large, integrated, oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing organization. ... St. ... Yale redirects here. ... William James Stillman (June 1, 1828 - July 6, 1901), United States painter and journalist, was born at Schenectady, New York. ... Legum Doctor (English: Doctor of Laws; abbreviated to LL.D.) In the UK the LL.D. is a higher doctorate awarded on the basis of exceptionally insightful and distinctive publications, containing significant and original contributions to the science or study of law. ... Columbia Law School (CLS), located in New York City, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University and one of the leading law schools in the United States. ...

His elder brother Charles W. Harkness died in 1916, and in 1917 Anna Harkness gave $3,000,000 to Yale University to build Harkness Quadrangle in his memory. In 1918 Anna Harkness established the Commonwealth Fund by an initial gift of $10,000,000, and Edward Harkness was made its president. Commonwealth Fund is a charitable fund established in 1918 by Anna Harkness, with Edward Harkness as its first president. ...

St. Salvator's Hall at the University of St Andrews, Butler Library at Columbia University as well as the original portions of the Columbia University Medical Center and many of the undergraduate dorms at Harvard University and Yale University were built through his philanthropy. He also had an incredible impact on several New England boarding schools, donating the School House at St. Paul's and introducing the Harkness table method of learning, now the staple of an education at both Phillips Exeter Academy and St. Paul's. The University of St Andrews is the oldest university in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, being founded between 1410 and 1413. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City and a member of the Ivy League. ... Columbia University Medical Center is name of the medical complex associated with Columbia University located in Washington Heights area of Manhattan. ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Yale redirects here. ... St. ... The Harkness table refers to a style of teaching used most notably by Phillips Exeter Academy, as well as other American boarding schools, including Phillips Academy, and The Lawrenceville School. ... The Academy Building Phillips Exeter Academy (also called Exeter, Phillips Exeter, or PEA) is a co-educational independent boarding school for grades 9-12, located on 471. ... St. ...