page_title: John Cleve Green
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: John Cleve Green / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Woodcut view of the John C. Green School of Science at the college at Princeton.
context_page_description: John Cleve Green was a merchant and former partner of John Murray Forbes in the China trading house of Russell & Company. Green was a major benefactor of Princeton University and the Lawrenceville School, giving upwards of 1.5 million dollars, perhaps 2 million, to Princeton. On his death he also made major bequests to New York University and New York area hospitals.
caption: The John C. Green School of Science at Princeton University
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