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Willis Elphinstone Davis [1] (1855 - Ma dị 11, 1910) bụ onye na-ese ihe nkiri odida obodo America mara maka ọnụ ọrụ dị elu nke ọrụ ya nyere n'iwu, yana maka onye isi ya nke Bohemian Club, Mark Hopkins.  Ụlọ ọrụ.   .    nke Art na San Francisco Art Association.    Ọ bụ ọrụ dị ka onye ọrụ ngo na injinịa eletrịkị tupu ọ mgba, na-eje ozi dị ka onye isi ụlọ ọrụ dị iche iche.

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A Milan Davis na Stockton, California, nwa Isaac Elphinstone Davis, onye injinia na onye na-egwuputa ihe si Massachusetts bụ onye bara aro n'oge California Gold Rush ọ bụghị site na-egwupụta ọla edo kama site n'ichepụta lime .  Nne Davis bụ Sarah Adams, nwa anụmanụ di ya nwụrụ nke di ya mbụ mgbe ọ na-arụ ọrụ injinia na Hawaii .  Ọ akụkọ Isaac E. Davis na akwụkwọ 1850.  Di na ahụ nwera ụmụ anọ: Willis, Gertrude (onye mechara lụọ FW Van Sicklen), Ethel (onye mechara lụọ Edward C. Hodges), na Horace nwụrụ n'oge ọ bụ nwata.  A na- man nna Davis ugwu maka onye ndu ya na ịbụ nwa amaala ya, ebe ọ bụ onye so na Kọmitii Vigilance San Francisco, na onye isi oche nke Society of California Pioneers . [1]

Davis gara n'ebe akwụkwọ akwụkwọ iji akwụkwọ na Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  [1] Onye otu klas nke 1877, ọ akwụkwọ akwụkwọ na akwụkwọ 1876 site na nzere na akwụkwọ, na-ezube akwụkwọ n'ahịa ngwuputa.. [2]

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N'ịlaghachi California ka ọ gachara mahadum, Davis biri na San Francisco, na-ebi n'etiti ụmụ amaala ndị ọzọ nwere ezigbo ego na Pacific Heights na 2501 Scott Street.  O hibere ọzụzụ na injinịa eletrọnịkị na 211 Drumm Street na ogbe ndịda San Francisco n'ịdụrụ ụgbọ mmiri.  [1] Otu ugboro n'afọ na njedebe nke May, ọ na-enye ndị na-achọ MIT obodo ule nyocha.  [2] Azụmahịa ahịa eletrịrị ya gara nke ọma, nna ya goro ya ka ọ nyere aka na ịzụ ahịa lime ihe nke na-arụ ọrụ dị ka Davis & Cowell na Santa Cruz .  Ọ rụkwara ọrụ na bọọdụ ndị isi nke San Francisco Savings and Loan Society na Edison Light and Power Company nke San Francisco. [3] [4] [5]

N'ịbụ onye lara ezumike nká na ngalaba nke injinia, Davis malitere ịse ọdịdị ala maka obi ụtọ ya, na-elebara obere echiche nke ndị ọzọ anya. [6] [7]

Davis sonyeere azụ Bohemian na June 30, 1892, wee jee ozi na bọọdụ ndị isi ya site na 1894. [1] Ka ọ na-erule 1904 ọ bụ onye na-echekwa ego ego.. [8]

N'afọ 1900, Davis na-egosi nke anọ nke Bohemian Club ngwere nke emere na ụlọ, ihe ngosi nke sere kanvases 224 na ihe osise 3 nye nsogbu na eze, site na ngwaọrụ òkù.  [1] Na 1902 Davis izu ole na ole na-ese ihe nkiri na Sierras ya na enyi ya na-ese ihe bụ John Marshall Gamble .  [2] Na December 1903 Davis wetara akwa akwa anɔ na mmemme a kwa afọ, na-enweta nlebara anya anya iche maka odida obodo ya ikiri Orange County Hills .  [3] Na 1910, ihe ọrụ Davis kwuru site n'aka onye edemede nka Sophia P. Comstock wetara ọnụ na-akụda isi. [3]

Davis na-ese ihe nkiri ọdọ mmiri Tahoe a malite n'etiti 1906.

Davis jere ozi na bọọdụ San Francisco Art Association site na 1900, [1] wee ifu oche nti na 1902. [2] Ọ na-eje ozi dị ka onye isi ala mgbe oke ihe bibiri Mark Hopkins Institute of Art site na ala ọma  egwu San Francisco 1906 .  Ihe ụlọ ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ niile na ọtụtụ ọrụ nka ya tụfuru.  Davis kọrọ na mfu ahụ nọchiri anya ihe dị ka $2 nde site na mbụ owuwu nke ụlọ ahụ dị ka nnukwu ebe obibi maka ụgbọ okporo ígwè magnate Mark Hopkins Jr, augmented site na njikọ $400,000 ejiri mee ka ụlọ na ụlọ akwụkwọ nkà, gbakwunyere ụgwọ $  173,000 na ihe ọrụ furu efu na ihe ndị ọzọ dị n'ime ụlọ ahụ.  Davis hiwere ngwa ngwa ụlọ ọrụ nwa oge na Lower Pasifik Heights dị nso n'iche nke ya, ma ụzọ Nkwado Nkwado iji-enye maka iwughachi ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ.  [3] Davis ngwaọrụ n'oge akwụkwọ nke 1906 zuru ike na ụlọ oriri na-eme Tahoe Tavern na sketching na mpaghara Lake Tahoe [9] [10]

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Ya na-eke bụ Elsie, Davis ụmụ atọ: ụmụ Edna na Sydney, na nwa Willis Elphinstone Davis Jr.. [11]

Na February 1909 San Francisco Call kọrọ na ada Davis bụ Edna ụmụ niile n'anya wee soro otu "nwoke na-eto eto nke ezina mara mma", onye bi na San Francisco bụ Pierre C. Moore.  Sydney Davis gwara akwụkwọ ahụ na nwanne ya na Moore bụ enyi ogologo oge.  Davis na nri ya gọziri òtù ahụ mgbe a gwara ha gosiri ya n'ekwentị.  [1] Edna gbara ya ajụjụ na September 1919, mgbe ahụ na 1920, achụpụrụ Moore na Pacific-Union Club mgbe otu ụlọ ọrụ gbara ya akwụkwọ maka ọrụ mmekọahụ. [12] [13] [14]

Nwunye Davis, Elise "Elsie" Kohler Davis, nwụrụ na ike nke ọrịa strok na Boston na October 4, 1909;  e mere eme ememe n'iche Davis otu izu ka e nwee.  Davis na nzaghachi ya nọ na-akwado ịga Europe maka ahụ ike ya, ka nwa ha nọ Sydney sonye n'oge ụfọdụ.  [1] [2] Ahụ ike Davis dị na-adị ize ndụ mgbe ekiri ya nwụsịrị, n'ihi ya, o mere ka enyi ya bụ Gamble na-ese ihe kwenye ka ya na njem ya.  Ndị ikom abụọ ahụ gara Ịtali na France, na-eme ọtụtụ ihe osise nke ndị mmadụ na ebe.  Davis kọrọ na February 1910 na ọ mara nwayọ ole na ole na Nice, nakwa na o bu n'obi ịga leta Russia, Germany, Denmark na Great Britain tupu ya ebelata n'ihe na njedebe nke 1910.  wee deba akwụkwọ njem n'ihe n'ụdị oke osimiri RMS Oceanic, nke sitere na Cherbourg gawa New York.  Na March 11, 1910, n'etiti njem ụgbọ mmiri, Davis gburugburu onwe ya site n'ịgba nnukwu ihe n'isi ya.  [3] Otu akwụkwọ kwuru na ọ dịla anya Davis na-arrịa ọrịa neurasthenia, nakwa na igbu onwe ya bụ n'ihi iru újú n'ihi ozi nke gosiri ahụ́ ike na-esiwanye ike na akwụkwọ jụrụ.  [4] [3] Davis na nnukwu ala na ụlọ, ọnụ na-ahọrọ ego $350,000.  [5] [6] Nwanne di Davis FW Van Sicklen zutere ụgbọ mmiri ahụ wee buru ozu ya kwụsịrị San Francisco.

Nwa Davishụ ịsọ mpi na tennis na 1913, na-ahapụ "Junior" ka a mara ya dị ka Willis E. Davis na ụwa tennis.  Amara maka oke ọsọ na ozi ya, ọ biliri ka ọ bụrụ onye mmeri mba US n'ibu ikpe ụrọ na 1916. N'otu afụ ahụ meri iwe okpukpu abụọ nke mba US, na-emekọ ihe na Eleonora Sears .  Ɔ lara ezumike nká afɔ asaa ka e ima. [15]

Ntụaka[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

  1. Millard (1924). History of the San Francisco Bay region. The American Historical Society.  Transcript by Deana Schultz hosted online by Rootsweb.
  2. (1903) General Catalogue: Register of Graduates. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lekisch (2003). Embracing Scenes about Lakes Tahoe & Donner: Painters, Illustrators & Sketch Artists 1855–1915. Great West Books. ISBN 9780944220146.  Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Lekisch2003" defined multiple times with different content
  4. (August 5, 1898) "Affairs of the Companies". The Electrical World 22. 
  5. "The Edison Light Company", San Francisco Call, July 16, 1893, p. 7.
  6. (1910) "News from the Classes". The Technology Review 12. 
  7. Davis, Willis E.. California Art Auction. John Moran Auctioneers. Retrieved on October 1, 2014.
  8. (1904) San Francisco Blue Book and Club Directory, the Social Reference Book. J.J. Hoag. 
  9. Sparks. "Art Notes", San Francisco Call, July 15, 1906, p. 24.
  10. "The Smart Set", San Francisco Call, August 11, 1906, p. 8.
  11. "Births, Marriages and Deaths", San Francisco Call, March 23, 1910, p. 9.
  12. "Interesting Items from the Cities: 'It Is Very Unclubby to Kiss the Chambermaid'", Goshen Daily Democrat, April 29, 1920, p. 2.
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  14. "Fate of Young Woman Who Attracted P C Moore Still Mystery", San Francisco Chronicle, February 12, 1920, p. 3.
  15. Ohnsorg (2011). Robert Lindley Murray: The Reluctant U.S. Tennis Champion. Trafford Publishing, 291–2. ISBN 9781426945137.