Background
Gest, Joseph Henry was born on April 24, 1859 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph John and Susannah (Bailey) Gest.
Gest, Joseph Henry was born on April 24, 1859 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph John and Susannah (Bailey) Gest.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1880. Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Cincinnati, 1922.
Assistant to the director, 1888-1889, assistant director and secretary, 1889-1902, director and secretary, 1902-1929, director emeritus, Cincinnati Museum Association (music of art and archeology and art academic). Vice-president Rookwood Pottery, 1902, president, 1914. Secretary Municipal Art Society, 1894-1915.
Member National Gallery of Art Commission, 1921.
Married Lillie Schultze, 1887 (died 1925). Children: Susannah (Mistress Philip Hinkle), Frederick Schultze (deceased), Elizabeth Harriet (deceased), Henry.