Elihu Yale: Merchant, Collector & Patron "History" Dunluce Castle (Game of Thrones)

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Elihu Yale: Merchant, Collector & Patron "History" Dunluce Castle (Game of Thrones)2014, Thames & Hudson, 288 pages Elihu Yale (16491721) is famous for the name of Yale University, of which he was an early benefactor. He made his fortune in India, trading in diamonds. Arriving there in 1672, he rose through the East India Company from clerk to governor. When he returned to London in 1699 he brought with him gems, furniture and textiles. In the milieu of portrait painter Sir Godfrey Kneller and physician Sir Hans Sloane he