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Ezra Cornell

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Born:
Jan. 11, 1807, Westchester Landing, N.Y., U.S.
Died:
Dec. 9, 1874, Ithaca, N.Y. (aged 67)
Founder:
Western Union Corporation
Cornell University
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Ezra Cornell (born Jan. 11, 1807, Westchester Landing, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 9, 1874, Ithaca, N.Y.) was a businessman, a founder of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and a guiding force in the establishment of Cornell University. Settling at Ithaca (1828), he became associated with Samuel F.B. Morse (1842) and superintended the construction of the first telegraph line in America, opened between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. (1844). In establishing telegraph lines throughout the U.S. he accumulated a substantial fortune and, for a time, was the largest stockholder of Western Union (organized 1855). Settled on a farm near Ithaca, Cornell became interested ...(100 of 156 words)

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