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A descendant of Dutch settlers who came to America in the mid-1600s, Cornelius Vanderbilt was born into humble circumstances on May 27, 1794, on Staten Island,New York. His parents were farmers and his father also made money by ferrying produce and merchandise between Staten Island and Manhat...
In 1860 George opened his own restaurant in a building on Malta Avenue near Saratoga Lake, and within a few years was catering to wealthy clients including William Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, and Henry Hilton. His restaurant closed around 1890 and he died in 1914 at the age ...
In 1868, Woodhull and her sister, Tennessee, traveled to New York City, where they met Cornelius Vanderbilt. The wealthy Vanderbilt had recently become a widower, and he appreciated the psychological solace that Woodhull was able to provide him so much that he set the sisters up in business...
Anderson Cooper is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt and a descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt. He grew up in New York City, attending the Dalton School and later Yale University before pursuing a journalism career. He became a correspondent for ABC News in 1995, moving to anchor positions on CNN ...
Matt is an upcoming Ph.D. graduate and archaeologist. He has taught Anthropology, Geography, and Art History at the university level. J.P. Morgan is one of America's first entrepreneurs, and he modeled American prosperity. In this lesson, you will learn about how Morgan created one of the...
Cornelius Vanderbilt (born May 27, 1794, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York, U.S.—died January 4, 1877, New York, New York) was an American shipping and railroad magnate who acquired a personal fortune of more than $100 million. The son of an impoverished farmer and boatman, Vander...
2010 The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt T.J. Stiles 2011 Washington: A Life Ron Chernow 2012 George F. Kennan: An American Life John Lewis Gaddis 2013 The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo Tom Reiss 2014 Margaret Fuller...
In 1955—with funding from William H. Vanderbilt, grandson of shipping and railroad magnetCornelius Vanderbilt—Clark helped found the CapeHazeMarine Laboratory in Placida, Florida; it moved to Siesta Key in 1960 and to Sarasota in 1978. Clark and her growing team of researchers collected and stu...
known alternatively as “captains of industry” and “robber barons.” They grew rich through the monopolies they created in the steel, petroleum, and transportation industries. Among the best known of them wereJohn D. Rockefeller,Andrew Carnegie,Cornelius Vanderbilt,Leland Stanford, andJ.P. Morgan...