his home in Manhattan on February 18, 1902, at age ninety. At the time of his death, his company was capitalized at more than $2 million and was acknowledged as the most prominent jewelry company in North America. Personal life On November 30, 1841, Tiffany married John B. Young's sister, Harriet Olivia Avery Young (1817–1897), with whom he had six children: Charles Lewis Tiffany Jr. (1842–1847), Annie Olivia Tiffany Mitchell (1844–1937; grandmother of Hiram Bingham IV through her daughter Alfreda Mitchell; she was the first wife of Hiram Bingham III, one of the first explorers to Machu Picchu, Peru), Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), Louise Harriet Tiffany (1856–1937), Henry Charles Tiffany (1858–1859), and Burnett Young Tiffany (1860–1945). Tiffany was a patron of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and one of the founders of the New York Society of Fine Arts. Honors Tiffany was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1878. References External links Charles Lewis Tiffany Biography 1812 births 1902 deaths People from Killingly, Connecticut American people of English descent American jewellers Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court 19th-century American businesspeople Businesspeople from Connecticut Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery