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21 May 2015, 12:00 pm by Gerry W. Beyer
The Breakers mansion, which is in Newport Road Island, was built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II in 1895. [read post]
18 Jun 2019, 2:00 pm by Gerry W. Beyer
The great-great-granddaughter of financier Cornelius Vanderbilt, Gloria Vanderbilt, died Monday at the age of 95 after a battle with stomach cancer. [read post]
Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) – Entrepreneur Cornelius Vanderbilt was the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family and one of the richest Americans in history. [read post]
16 Aug 2022, 2:00 am by mes286
Zeppos, Chancellor Emeritus, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chancellor Emeritus Chair, and University Distinguished Professor of Law and Political Science, Vanderbilt Law School, presents today as part of the Faculty Workshop Series. [read post]
14 Mar 2023, 2:00 am by mes286
University of Pittsburgh School of Law – Jessica Clarke, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair and Co-Director, George Barrett Social Justice Program, Vanderbilt Law School, presents today as part of the Faculty Workshop Series. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 9:29 pm by Buce
Okay, wiseguys: if I asked you who was the richest man in the United States in 1970* 1870, you might well say "Cornelius Vanderbilt"--and by all that I know, that would be correct. [read post]
27 Aug 2011, 9:25 am by Buce
Styles' splendid biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt and how he built the first great colossus of American capitalism, the New York Central Railroad. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 6:33 pm by Mary L. Dudziak
This year's winners include:History - Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed (The Penguin Press) Biography - The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 5:00 am by Doug Cornelius
There were the rich, the super rich, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. [read post]
21 Oct 2019, 1:58 am by Steve Lubet
Stiles, the biographer of Jesse James, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and George Armstrong Custer. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 9:58 am by Buce
 I'm finished TJ Stiles' First Tycoon, on Cornelius Vanderbilt, and moved on to David Nasaw's Carnegie, both well worth the effort. [read post]
28 Aug 2011, 3:50 pm by Buce
Stiles' admirable biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, I figured it might be nice to triangulate with a look at the (selected) diaries of George Templeton Strong, New York lawyer and Vanderbilt contemporary. [read post]
24 Aug 2013, 6:48 am by Rumpole
If you thought you knew about the amazing life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, you don't know the half of it. [read post]
15 Jun 2020, 1:30 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Horace Greeley and Cornelius Vanderbilt helped to obtain bail for Davis.Chase ruled that section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which gave limitations of rights on former Confederate officials, defined the ONLY limitations which could be imposed. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 2:48 pm
Rockefeller 1839-1937 Worth $192 Billion Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794-1877 Worth $143 Billion John Jacob Astor 1763-1848 Worth $116 Billion Stephen Girard 1750-1831 Worth $83 Billion Andrew Carnegie 1835-1919 Worth $83 Billion Get the full info-graphic over on Mint.com Need IRS Help Now? [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 4:57 am
" Here, unlike at the Times, the ex-husband is named and we see photos of the couple, plus news that Belle is a descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 12:00 am
Stiles, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, will expound upon "The Tyrants of Modern Society: Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Rise of the Modern Corporation and Modern Capitalism,” in conjunction with the release of his latest book, The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt. [read post]