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  2. William Henry Vanderbilt - Wikipedia

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    William Henry Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 – December 8, 1885) was an American businessman [1] Known as "Billy," he was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family.

  3. List of philanthropists - Wikipedia

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    William Allen – founded and endowed many institutions and causes including 'Schools of Industry' at Lindfield and Newington Academy for Girls; William Gott – British industrialist and benefactor to churches, museums and civic buildings; William Henry Vanderbilt – co-founder of the Metropolitan Opera

  4. William Vanderbilt - Wikipedia

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    William Vanderbilt may refer to: William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885), American railroad magnate; William Henry Vanderbilt II (1870–92), grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt; William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901–1981), 59th Governor of Rhode Island, great-grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt; William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849–1920), son of ...

  5. William Kissam Vanderbilt - Wikipedia

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    William Kissam Vanderbilt I was born on December 12, 1849, in New Dorp, New York, on Staten Island.His parents were Maria Louisa Kissam and William Henry Vanderbilt, the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family who was the richest American after he took over his father's fortune in 1877 until his own death in 1885.

  6. Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard (New Dorp, New York (state) July 23, 1845 – Manhattan, March 3, 1924) was an American heiress and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. [1] As a philanthropist, she funded the YMCA, helping create a hotel for guests of the organization.

  7. Emily Thorn Vanderbilt - Wikipedia

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    Emily Thorn Vanderbilt (January 31, 1852 – July 28, 1946) was an American philanthropist and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. She financed the creation of New York's Sloane Hospital for Women in 1888 with an endowment of more than $1,000,000.

  8. William Henry Vanderbilt III - Wikipedia

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    Vanderbilt's father was a great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who founded the family fortune in railroads and shipping. William Vanderbilt's parents divorced in 1908, and through his father's second marriage he had two half-brothers, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr., and George Washington Vanderbilt III.

  9. Vanderbilt (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877), known as "Commodore" Vanderbilt, American industrialist and philanthropist, patriarch of the Vanderbilt family; married Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843–1899), American socialite, heir, and businessman, son of William Henry Vanderbilt and a grandson of "Commodore" Cornelius ...