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- Vanderbilt family - WikipediaThe Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age.Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy.Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants went on to build grand mansions on Fifth Avenue in New York City; luxurious "summer cottages" in Newport, Rhode ...
- History of Vanderbilt University | Vanderbilt UniversityCornelius 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 of Amelia Townsend who ...
- The Misunderstood Robber Baron: On Cornelius VanderbiltCornelius Vanderbilt liked to memorialize himself. One enduring monument–and vital piece of railroad centralization that substantially improved the New York Central’s economic efficiency–was ...
- Cornelius Vanderbilt - Biography, Children & Facts | HISTORYCornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a shipping and railroad tycoon, and a self-made multi-millionaire who became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century.
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