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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Also known as Commodore Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt I

American businessman and tycoon (1794–1877)

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Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American businessman and tycoon who lived from 1794 to 1877 and became one of the most influential figures in the development of transportation and commerce during the 19th century. His life and business ventures are significant because they shaped major industries like shipping and railroads, making him an important example of how individual entrepreneurs helped transform the American economy during this period.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1898
Died
1974
Works
25

Top works

  • The Living Past of America A Pictorial Treasury of Our Historic Houses and Villages
  • Palm Beach
  • Palm Beach
  • Farewell to Fifth Avenue -[SIGNED]
  • The Vanderbilt feud

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Total plays
9

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5 total works indexed

  1. Soft self-consistent pseudopotentials in a generalized eigenvalue formalism

    · 1990 · cited 21,881x

  2. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,787x

  3. The International HapMap Project

    · 2003 · cited 4,925x

  4. Maximally localized generalized Wannier functions for composite energy bands

    · 1997 · cited 4,305x

  5. Theory of polarization of crystalline solids

    · 1993 · cited 4,071x

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Quotes

  • It is not according to my mode of doing things to bring a suit against a man that I have the power in my own hands to punish.… The law, as I view it, goes too slow for me when I have the remedy in my own hands.… I for one will never go to law when I have got the power in my own hands to see myself right. Let the other parties go to law if they want, but by God I think I know what the law is; I have had enough of it.
  • I would recommend them all [other citizens] to pursue the course that I pursue.

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Key facts

Born
May 27, 1794, Staten Island , New York , U.S.
Died
January 4, 1877 (1877-01-04) (aged 82), Manhattan , New York, U.S.
Burial place
Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum , Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation
Businessman
Spouses
Sophia Johnson ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1813 ; died 1868 ) ​ Frank Armstrong Crawford ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1869 ) ​
Relatives
Vanderbilt family

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Encyclopedic overview

Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business, he worked his way into leadership positions in inland and coastal shipping, then invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry, which transformed the geography of the United States.

As one of the richest Americans in history and wealthiest figures overall, Vanderbilt was the patriarch of the wealthy and influential Vanderbilt family. He provided the initial gift to found Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. For his monopoly on shipping and the railroads, facilitated in part by political manipulation, Vanderbilt is often described as either a "captain of industry" or a "robber baron".

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