Charles Freer
Charles Freer may refer to: * Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919), American industrialist and art collector * Charles Freer (cricketer) (1809–1882), English cricketer and British Army officer See also * Charles Freer Andrews Charles Freer Andrews (12 February 1871 – 5 April 1940) was an Church of England, Anglican priest and Christian missionary, educator and social reformer, and an activist for Indian independence movement, Indian independence. He became a clos ...

Charles Lang Freer
Charles Lang Freer (February 25, 1854 – September 25, 1919) was an American industrialist, art collector, and patron. He is known for his large collection of Asian art, East Asian, Visual art of the United States, American, and Middle Eastern art. In 1906, Freer donated his extensive collection to the Smithsonian Institution, making him the first American to bequeath his private collection to the United States. To house the objects, including ''The Peacock Room'' by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, James McNeill Whistler, Freer funded the construction of the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Biography Early life Charles Lang Freer was born in Kingston, New York, Kingston, New York (state), New York, United States, in 1856.Rhoades, Katharine Nash. “An Appreciation of Charles Lang Freer (1856–1919).” ''Ars Orientalis'' 2 (1957): 1. He was the son of Jacob Roosa Freer (1819–1875) and Phoebe Jane Townsend Freer (1826–1868). He is a direct descendant of Hugo Freer, ...
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Charles Freer (cricketer)
Charles Thomas Freer (18 March 1809 – 12 May 1882) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. The son of Thomas Freer, he was born at Leicester in March 1809. He was commissioned into the 65th Foot in November 1827, when he purchased the rank of ensign. years later he purchased the rank of lieutenant in October 1830, prior to retiring from service in February 1832. Five years later he was recommissioned into the Leicestershire Yeomanry. A keen cricketer, Freer played minor matches for Leicestershire and played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1842 and 1846, making eight appearances, predominantly against the university sides of Cambridge and Oxford, as well as regional sides in the form of the North and the West. He struggled in first-class cricket, scoring 66 runs at an average of just 4.71. Freer remained serving in the Leicestershire Yeomanry into the 1840s and was promoted to captain in June 1846. Freer was nominated to be ...
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