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Vor 5 Tagen · He became a friend of such self-made men as Standard Oil magnate Henry Huttleston Rogers; Sears, Roebuck and Company President Julius Rosenwald; and George Eastman, inventor of roll film, founder of Eastman Kodak, and developer of a major part of the photography industry. These individuals and many other wealthy men and women funded ...
11. Mai 2024 · Das Kapitel Afterword erschien in Mark Twain's Correspondence with Henry Huttleston Rogers, 1893-1909 auf Seite 665.
Vor 3 Tagen · Twain's writings and lectures enabled him to recover financially, combined with the help of his friend Henry Huttleston Rogers. In 1893, he began a friendship with the financier, a principal of Standard Oil, that lasted the remainder of his life. Rogers first made him file for bankruptcy in April 1894, then had him transfer the ...
10. Mai 2024 · Henry Huttleston Rogers and Mark TwainHenry Huttleston Rogers, the Standard-Oil magnate who became one of the most powerful tycoons of his day, was born in 1840. He lived during his childhood and early youth in the house at 39 Middle Street, which still stands today. A member of the first graduating class of Fairhaven High School ...
13. Mai 2024 · Glücklicherweise erholte sich Twain mit der Unterstützung des Industriellen Henry Huttleston Rogers finanziell und zahlte alles in voller Höhe an seine Gläubiger zurück, obwohl er dazu nicht ...
11. Mai 2024 · In 1905, the Lane Company had been awarded a contract to build 51 kilometers of railroad between Leesville and The Mansion for the Tidewater Railway Company, which was incorporated by Campbell County native William Nelson Page and financier and industrialist Henry Huttleston Rogers. This railroad would intersect with the Southern ...
7. Mai 2024 · Her admirer, Mark Twain, had introduced her to Standard Oilmagnate Henry Huttleston Rogers, who, with his wife Abbie, paid for her education. In 1904, at the age of 24, Keller graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa from Radcliffe, becoming the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. She maintained a correspondence ...
