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Inside Albert Barnes’ extraordinary collection—born from a tough-talking business brain and an egalitarian ethos

A new book delve's in to collection of the physician and chemist, who paid for medical school by winning boxing matches

David D'Arcy
29 October 2025
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Barnes in 1923, as his plans for a foundation in Philadelphia first attracted attention. He also established Lincoln University, a historically Black institution Town & Country, 15 February 1923
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