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Rindge was born in Cambridge, the only surviving son among the six children of Samuel B. Rindge (1820–1883) and Clarissa Harrington (1822–1885). He grew up in the "Rindge mansion," still standing at the corner of Dana and Harvard Streets in Cambridge. In 1883 he inherited his father"s estate, then worth nearly $2 million from his father"s investments in textile mills and real estate.
Harvard University.
He was a major benefactor to his home town of He entered Harvard College in 1875 but poor health forced him to leave the College in his senior year. He spent several years traveling through Europe and America, including a brief period as a Colorado sheep rancher. Rindge responded in July 1887 with an offer of land and full funding for Cambridge"s public library.
Later that year he enlarged his offer to include three additional buildings: a new city hall (now the Cambridge City Hall), the Rindge Technical School, and a proposed high school (not built).
Today Rindge is commemorated in Cambridge through the high school, Rindge Avenue, Rindgefield Street, and Rindge Towers, low-income apartment buildings. Rindge moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1887.
In 1892 Rindge purchased the 13,300-acre (54 km2) Spanish land grant Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit or "Malibu Rancho", in Malibu, California. He later expanded it to 17,000 acres (69 km2) as Rindge Ranch.
Rindge founded the Conservative Life Insurance Company (now Pacific Life), and was a vice-president of Union Oil Company, and a director of the Los Angeles Edison Electric Company (later Edison Company).
His investments included land near Stockton, California and real estate holdings in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, and the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. A supporter of the temperance movement, Rindge reimbursed the city of Santa Monica for the loss of license fees when Santa Monica abolished saloons. He wrote several self-published books which were spiritual and meditative in nature.
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He was President of the Harvard Club of Los Angeles and a member of many historical, archaeological, patriotic, and religious organizations which mirrored his interests.
