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Ogden Goelet (June 11, 1851 New York City – August 27, 1897 Cowes, Isle of Wight) was an American heir, businessman and yachtsman from New York City during the Gilded Age. With his wife, he built Ochre Court in Newport, Rhode Island, his son built Glenmere mansion, and his daughter, Mary Goelet, married Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe .
He is the current co-editor of the Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar of New York (BES) which is now producing the festschrift for Dr. Dorothea Arnold, the former curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He currently teaches Introductory and Advanced Egyptian courses at ISAW.
Ogden Goelet is a scholar of ancient Egyptian culture, religion and history. He has published articles and books on topics such as Egyptian hymnody, nudity, the Book of the Dead and the treaty between Ramesses II and Hattusilis III.
The Goelet family is an influential family from New York, of Huguenot origins, that owned significant real estate in New York City . Ogden Goelet, builder of Ochre Court, Newport, Rhode Island. History. The Goelets are descended from a family of Huguenots from La Rochelle in France, who escaped to Amsterdam. [ 1] .
Ogden Goelet was a banker, real estate investor and competitive yachtsman. His wife, Mary Wilson Goelet, oversaw the operation of Ochre Court during a typical eight-week summer season. This usually required twenty-seven house servants, eight coachmen and grooms and twelve gardeners.
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Apr 25, 2008 · Ogden Goelet. Egyptologist chiefly interested in lexicography, text transmission, script forms, epigraphical material particularly in hieroglyphic form, and religious texts.
