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Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway.
43 Facts About Henry Flagler. 1. Henry Morrison Flagler was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. 2. Henry Flagler was a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway. 3.
Henry Morrison Flagler (* 2. Januar 1830 in Hopewell, New York; † 20. Mai 1913 in West Palm Beach, Florida) war ein US-amerikanischer Erdölmagnat, Besitzer einer Eisenbahngesellschaft und Erbauer der Bahnstrecke an Floridas Ostküste ( Florida East Coast Railway ), die er auch mit großzügigen Hotels, zum Beispiel in St ...
Henry Flagler Biography. Following an amazing career as a founding partner and "the brains" behind Standard Oil, which was the largest and most profitable corporation in the world for more than a century, Henry Flagler invested himself in the development of Florida. During the next quarter century, he literally invented modern Florida.
15. Mai 2024 · Henry M. Flagler (born January 2, 1830, Hopewell, New York, U.S.—died May 20, 1913, West Palm Beach, Florida) was an American financier and partner of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., in establishing the Standard Oil Company. Flagler also pioneered in the development of Florida as a U.S. vacation centre.
14. Mai 2018 · Henry Flagler (1830-1913) was a self-made millionaire and industrialist who co-founded the Standard Oil Company. He masterminded the plan that transformed Standard Oil into the most successful monopoly of the nineteenth century.
Henry Morrison Flagler dedicated the last thirty years of his life, as well as half of his fortune, to building an entire state. Florida’s emergence from swampy backwater to the tourist icon that it is today is due to the daring, persistence, and generosity of a single man.
