Edmund Cogswell Converse (November 7, 1849 – April 4, 1921) was an American businessman, banker and baseball executive.

After graduating from Boston Latin School in 1869, he secured an apprenticeship in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, with National Tube Works.

[1] Converse purchased a lot on 78th Street in New York City from railroad executive Henry H. Cook in the late 1890s.

[3][4] In addition to cows, pigs and poultry, the farm had apple, pear and peach orchards; butter, eggs and milk were produced there.

[6] Since the farm began accommodating luxury homes in the 1980s, several celebrities have lived there, including Tom Cruise, Ron Howard and Jessica Biel.

[13] Four years later, he donated $250,000 to establish a library at Amherst College, the alma mater of his brother James.

[17] Converse's son, Edmund, Jr., owned the Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy in Ventura County, California.

[18] A daughter, Antoinette, moved to Germany after marrying Baron von Romberg, who died in World War I.