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Cornell, Ezra
Born: 1807 AD
Died: 1874 AD, at 67 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Artists, Philanthropist
Died: 1874 AD, at 67 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Artists, Philanthropist
US telegraph businessman and philanthropist
oversaw construction of telegraph line from Washington DC to Baltimore 1843-1844
co-founded Western Union Telegraph Co. 1855 (chartered 1856)
co-founder and eponym of Cornell University (incorporated 1865, opened 1868)
father of Alonzo Cornell
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The builder;: A biography of Ezra Cornell by Philip Dorf (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 2008) |
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A history of the Federal Land Grant of July 2, 1862, for the establishment of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts: With a full account of the ... and afterward given to Cornell University by Samuel D Halliday (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 2008) |
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Ezra Cornell: An address to the students of Cornell university on Ezra Cornell centennial day, April twenty-sixth, 1907 by Andrew Carnegie (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 2008) |
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My reminiscences of Ezra Cornell: An address delivered before the Cornell University on founder's day, January 11th, 1890 by Andrew Dickson White (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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Founder's Day oration, by Albert Duane Shaw (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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"True and firm.": Biography of Ezra Cornell, founder of the Cornell University by Alonzo B Cornell (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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