Thomas Mott Osborne

Thomas Mott Osborne
Osborne, c. 1910
Warden of Sing Sing
In office December 1, 1914 – December 31, 1915
Appointed by	John B. Riley
Preceded by	George S. Weed
Succeeded by	George Washington Kirchwey
Personal details
Born	(1859-09-23)September 23, 1859 Auburn, New York, US
Died	October 20, 1926(1926-10-20) (aged 67) Auburn, New York, US
Spouse	Agnes Devens ​ ​ (m. 1886; died 1896)​
Children	4, including Lithgow
Education	Harvard University, Harvard Law School

Thomas Mott Osborne (September 23, 1859 – October 20, 1926) was an American prison officer, prison reformer, industrialist and New York State political reformer.^[1] In an assessment of Osborne's life, a New York Times book reviewer wrote: "His career as a penologist was short, but in the interval of the few years he served he succeeded in revolutionizing American prison reform, if not always in fact, then in awakening responsibility.... He was made of the spectacular stuff of martyrs, to many people perhaps ridiculous, but to those whose lives his theories most closely touched, inspiring and often godlike."^[2]