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Leland Stanford's death mask on display at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts. Leland Stanford Jr. (May 14, 1868 – March 13, 1884), known as Leland DeWitt Stanford until he was nine, [1] was the only son of American industrialist and politician Leland Stanford and his wife Jane.
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 – June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York. He served as the eighth governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1885 until his death in 1893.
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford (August 25, 1828 – February 28, 1905) was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University in 1885 (opened 1891), along with her husband, Leland Stanford, in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who died of typhoid fever at age 15 in 1884.
Brendan Fraser was married to actor Afton Smith from September 1998 to December 2007. These days, his son Holden is a model and student at New York University while Leland is also a model.
The gesture was a tribute to their only son, Leland Jr., who died of typhoid fever at age 15. After Leland Sr. died in 1893, Stanford University was Jane’s only love. She ran it like she owned ...
The original intent of the Stanfords was to build a family mansion here. They had only gotten as far as planting a cactus garden (still present) before the death of their only son. They changed their plans to building a university in his name instead. Nearby is a memorial (the Angel of Grief) to Jane
Brendan Fraser is a proud dad of three to sons, Griffin, Holden and Leland. Learn all about his kids and their ages now and how they helped him prepare for "The Whale." Brendan Fraser's sons: A ...
In 2001, Stanford said that his great-great-great grandfather was a relative of Leland Stanford, the founder of Stanford University. [76] He funded the restoration of Leland Stanford's mansion in Sacramento, California , in an effort "to help preserve an important piece of Stanford family history," and hired genealogists to prove he was a ...