Forsyth Wickes

Forsyth Wickes (1876-1964) was an art collector and philanthropist. Early life Wickes was born in New York on October 26, 1876. He was the son of Edward Allen Wickes (1843 - 1918) and Mary Forsyth Wickes (1847 - 1933). He spent much of his childhood in France and graduated from St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts in 1894. He graduated from Yale in 1898 and Columbia Law School in 1900, where he was one of the founders of the Columbia Law Review. He was a lawyer by profession and became the senior partner of Wickes, Riddell, Bloomer, Jacobi and McGuire in New York City.