James, Henry (1879-1947), was an American writer, philanthropist, and businessman. He was the son of the philosopher William James and the nephew of the novelist Henry James. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1931 for Charles W. Eliot (1930), a biography of the Harvard president. He edited The Letters of William James (1920) and wrote Richard Olney (1923), a biography.
Born in Boston on May 18, 1879, James practiced law there after his graduation from Harvard University. In 1912, he became manager of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University). Later, he served as trustee of the institute and of the Carnegie Corporation. He died on Dec. 13, 1947.
