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Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. [1] [2] After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade and invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry, effectively transforming the geography of the ...
The First Tycoon went on to win the 2009 National Book Award for Nonfiction [1] and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. [4] It was also named a New York Times Notable Book and one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker, [5] the Financial Times, [6] the Christian Science Monitor, [7] the Boston Globe, [8] and the Philadelphia Inquirer. [9]
Brigadier General Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (September 5, 1873 – March 1, 1942) was an American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman. [1] He was a member of the Vanderbilt family .
WalletPop's Lan Nguyen chats with T.J. Stiles, author of The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Knopf), on how the Commodore became one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in ...
In 2009, after seven years of work, Stiles published his second biography The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009). This massive study was the first comprehensive account of the life of "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt , the nineteenth-century shipping and railroad mogul, financial backer of ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt II only spent one summer in the Breakers before he had a stroke in 1896 and died three years later. The Breakers had a total of 20 bathrooms. A bathroom at the Breakers.
[75] His message to the Vanderbilt chancellor and trustees was unambiguous—to be competitive in the arena of big-time college football, Vanderbilt would have to ease some of its rigorous standards for admissions and academic eligibility. To their great credit, Vanderbilt officials refused to follow these suggestions, and Vanderbilt has ...
The NCAA college football transfer portal will open on Dec. 9 and close on Dec. 28. Here is how it works.