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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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