William Burke Belknap
| William Burke Belknap | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 18, 1885 Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
| Died | September 7, 1965 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Hardware manufacturer, horse and sheep breeder, Economist, Academician, Politician |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Clark Strong Edith Mary Clarke |
| Children | William Burke Belknap Jr. Jonathan Trumbull Belknap Helen Belknap |
| Parent(s) |
William Richardson Belknap Alice Trumbull Silliman |
William Burke Belknap the younger (1885–1965) was the son of William Richardson Belknap and Alice Trumbull Silliman. He was an entrepreneur in the family of William Burke Belknap, the elder (1811–1884), son of Morris Burke Belknap of Brimfield, Massachusetts who was engaged in the iron furnace industry and died in 1873. The Belknaps were founders, inventors of patented merchandise, and owners of the Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company in Louisville, Kentucky. William Burke Belknap was an economist and a professor of economics at the University of Louisville. Leading up to and during World War II, he volunteered for service with the Red Cross in Ramsay and Plymouth, England. He was a trustee of Berea College and a graduate of Yale and Harvard. As a Kentucky legislator, he served two terms as a representative in the Kentucky General Assembly. He was the owner of Land O'Goshen Farms, where he bred and raised sheep and American saddlebred horses, and he was the president of F.C. Co-operative Milk Producers Association.
William Burke Belknap (not to be confused with his son, William Burke Belknap, Jr.) was the son of William Richardson Belknap, for whom the William R. Belknap School in Louisville was named, and who was also former president and chairman of the board of Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company and original owner of the family mansion Lincliff. When William Richardson Belknap died in 1914, part of his estate was donated by his children William Burke Belknap and Eleanor Silliman Belknap Humphrey to help fund the purchase of the property at Third and Eastern Parkway for the University of Louisville's Belknap Campus. William Burke Belknap's mother, Alice Trumbull Silliman, was his father William Richardson Belknap's first wife. She was the daughter of Yale chemistry professor Benjamin Silliman, Jr. and Susan Huldah Forbes and granddaughter of Benjamin Silliman and Harriett Trumbull, a descendant of Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. In addition to their son, William Burke Belknap's parents had four daughters. Belknap's sisters were Eleanor Silliman Belknap Humphrey (1876-1964), Alice Silliman Belknap Hawkes (1878-1972), Mary Belknap Gray (1881-1974), and Christine Belknap Robinson (1890-1919).
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