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1821–1900, American railroad builder, b. near Torrington, Conn. A storekeeper of Oneonta, N.Y., before he went West in the gold rush of 1849, he bec...
(h ´g sht n´ s) (KEY) , 1870–1924, German industrialist. The son of a Westphalian mine owner, he founded his own company in 1892 and rapidly expa...
1803–76, American merchant, b. Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Arriving in New York c.1820, he started in business in 1823 by selling Irish laces. In ...
(b k´l nd) (KEY) , 1863–1944, American chemist, b. Belgium, grad. Univ. of Ghent, 1882. In 1889 he emigrated to the United States. He founded (1893...
1831–86, English librarian and antiquarian at Cambridge Univ. He discovered, organized, and made known the university’s treasures of manuscripts a...
1841–1922, American financier, b. Tioga co., N.Y.; brother of John D. Rockefeller. He joined (1865) his brother in the oil-refining business. Willia...