17, 1927, in Philadelphia, where he had stopped to stay at The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel on his annual trip to San Francisco. References Further reading Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Adventures in a Green World: the Story of David Fairchild and Barbour Lathrop. (Coconut Grove, FL: Field Research Projects, 1973) [That book contains an introduction by his nephew, Henry Field.] David Fairchild. The World Was my Garden: Travels of a Plant Explorer. (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1938) "Barbour Lathrop" (obit). New York Times (May 18, 1927). Page 25. "Barbour Lathrop, Capitalist, Leaves $1,750,000 Estate." Chicago Daily Tribune (October 9, 1927). Page 4. Barbour family 1847 births 1927 deaths American philanthropists Harvard University alumni People from Alexandria, Virginia American reporters and correspondents University of Bonn alumni