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George Washington Vanderbilt III (September 23, 1914 – June 24, 1961) was an American yachtsman and scientific explorer who was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. Early life [ edit ] Born in Newport, Rhode Island , he was the younger son of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Margaret Emerson.
Breaking ground in 1889, Biltmore was the vision of George Washington Vanderbilt II, the youngest child of railroad tycoon William Henry Vanderbilt and his wife Maria Louisa Kissam. At the beginning of Biltmore’s construction, the United States had reached the peak of what historians now call the Gilded Age, a time period which lasted from the 1870s until the early 1900s. Named after Mark ...
George Washington Vanderbilt II ( 14 novembre 1862 - 6 mars 1914) est un collectionneur d'art et membre de l'éminente famille Vanderbilt, qui amasse une énorme fortune grâce aux bateaux à vapeur, aux chemins de fer et à diverses entreprises commerciales 1. Il construit un manoir de 250 pièces, la plus grande maison privée des États-Unis ...
Cornelius "Corneil" Vanderbilt II (November 27, 1843 – September 12, 1899) was an American socialite and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. Noted forebears [ edit ] He was the favorite grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt , who bequeathed him $5 million, and the eldest son of William Henry "Billy" Vanderbilt (who bequeathed him about $70 million) and Maria ...
2. Jan. 2018 · While George was inspired by the earlier artists his father admired, he also supported more modern, progressive artists who embraced contemporary themes and new technologies. Let’s take a look at a few of the pieces in the Biltmore House collection that speak to George Vanderbilt’s love of ground-breaking artists and their work. 1.
A Legendary Romance. Biltmore House officially opened to family and friends on Christmas Eve, 1895. George Vanderbilt had a beautiful new family home, but as America’s most eligible bachelor of his time, no one to share it with. That all changed on April 28, 1898, when he proposed to Edith Stuyvesant Dresser.
Era il figlio più giovane di William Henry Vanderbilt, e di sua moglie, Maria Louisa Kissam. Come il più giovane dei figli di William, George II è stato detto di essere il preferito di suo padre. I parenti lo descrivono come magro, dai capelli scuri e carnagione pallida. Timido e introverso, i suoi interessi correvano dalla filosofia, ai ...
