Frederick W. Beinecke
Frederick W. Beinecke was an American philanthropist who was the founder of Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
He was the son of one of the main financier and one of three co-founders, with Harry S. Black and hotelier Fred Sterry, of the Plaza Hotel. He lived in Cranford, New Jersey with his wife Carrie Regina Sperry Beinecke from the mid-1910s to the mid-1920s. He was the father of William Sperry Beinecke and grandfather of Frances Beinecke.
