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Cases about members of American Philosophical Society. Memberships appear only where Wikidata records one for the person the case is about: societies, clubs, fraternities, academies, parties and councils.

11 casesEvery membership

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  1. 1986Thieves stole Henry Moore's 2-ton Reclining Figure, valued at 3 million pounds, from his foundation in 2005 and police believe it was sold for scrap worth under 3,000 poundstate.org.uk and 3 more
  2. 1965T. S. Eliot's 1,131 letters to Emily Hale stayed sealed at Princeton for 60 years, and Harvard released his own denial the same daypwb.princeton.edu and 3 more
  3. 1955Einstein gave his Nobel money to his first wife and asked to be cremated in secret, and the pathologist kept his brain for decadesnationalgeographic.com and 3 more
  4. 1955Albert Einstein's publicity rights ended in 2005, a judge ruled, defeating Hebrew University's suit over a GM ad with his face on a muscled bodycacd.uscourts.gov and 5 more
  5. 1907Cassie Chadwick said she was Andrew Carnegie's illegitimate daughter, borrowed against forged Carnegie notes, and broke an Ohio bankcase.edu and 3 more
  6. 1885Grant lost his savings in the Grant & Ward fraud and wrote memoirs that paid his widow about $450,000US National Park Service and 5 more
  7. 1826Thomas Jefferson's will freed his two youngest sons by Sally Hemings, and his debts sent 130 enslaved people to auctionnature.com and 4 more
  8. 1809Thomas Paine's bones were dug up by an admirer, shipped to England and lostAmerican Heritage and 3 more
  9. 1809Meriwether Lewis died insolvent with his drafts refused by the War Department, and 198 relatives have not been allowed to exhume his bodyUS National Park Service and 7 more
  10. 1799Washington's will freed 123 people, his heir sold 54 more, and the family sold Mount Vernon for $200,000founders.archives.gov and 3 more
  11. 1790Benjamin Franklin left Boston and Philadelphia £1,000 each for 200 years, and his heirs, a school and the state fought over itCaselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School and 2 more