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Cornelius Vanderbilt. Cornelius Vanderbilt, known as "the Commodore," was in his 79th year when he decided to make the gift that founded Vanderbilt University in the spring of 1873. The $1 million that he gave to endow and build the university was Vanderbilt's only major philanthropy. Methodist Bishop Holland N. McTyeire of Nashville, husband ...
She married Cornelius Vanderbilt on 26 September 1787, in New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Southfield, Richmond, New York, United States in 1850. She died on 22 January 1854, in Richmond, Richmond, New York, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum, New Dorp ...
The life of Cornelius Vanderbilt is fascinating. T.J Stiles does a fantastic job of detailing the life of Vanderbilt in thorough detail from his birth to his death. Born in 1794 and breathing his last breath in Jan 1877 Cornelius Vanderbit led an incredibly full life starting with nothing and ending with the largest estate in the United States ...
Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten Island during George Washington’s presidency, he rose from boatman to builder of the nation’s largest fleet of steamships to lord of a railroad empire. Lincoln consulted him on steamship strategy during the Civil ...
16. Aug. 2019 · The first tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt was a key figure in the 1800s who helped propel the United States as a prominent force in the 21st-century economy. Perhaps the significance of his contribution is best depicted through the grandeur and magnificence of the Grand Central Terminal in New York City – an edifice Vanderbilt himself built in 1871.
15. Juli 2022 · Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on May 27, 1794, in Staten Island, New York City, to Cornelius Van Der Bilt Sr. and Phebe Hand. His ancestors had come to North America 150 years before he was born, back when the territory was still part of a Dutch colony called New Netherland.
Cornelius Vanderbilt ordered the construction of new infrastructure, including the original Grand Central Depot (then the largest railroad station in the United States), a massive freight depot at ...
