CHARLES LANG FREER 
Capitalist, born in Kingston, Hew York, 1856, 
the son of Jacob R. and Phoebe Jane (Townsend) Freer, 
Educated in the public schools, Ulster County, Hew York. 
Hon. A.M., University of Michigan. Unmarried. Was 
engaged in railroad service and manufacturing in Detroit. 
Retired. Connoisseur of art. Presented his art collec¬ 
tion to Smithsonian Institution, Washington; also present¬ 
ed $1,000,000 for building for same. Clubs: Groiler, 
Players (Hew York), Caxton (Chicago, Gopley Society (Bos¬ 
ton) Yondotega, Witenagemote, Detroit, University, Lake 
St. Clair Fishing and Shooting (Detroit). Died September 
25, 1919, 
