William Church Osborn was the son of a prominent New York family who served in a variety of civic roles including president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...

, president of the Children's Aid Society

Children's Aid Society

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, and president of the New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Orphaned.

Biography

He was born in 1862 to philanthropist William Henry Osborn and he had a brother, Henry Fairfield Osborn

Henry Fairfield Osborn

Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. ForMemRS was an American geologist, paleontologist, and eugenicist.-Early life and career:...

. He trained to be a lawyer but mostly served in philanthropic positions during his career. He died in 1951.

Legacy

There is a playground in Manhattan, the Osborn Memorial Playground, named in his memory.