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Leland Stanford Jr. (May 14, 1868 – March 13, 1884), known as Leland DeWitt Stanford until he was nine, was the only son of American industrialist and politician Leland Stanford and his wife Jane. Following his death from typhoid at age 15, he became the namesake of Stanford University, which is officially called Leland Stanford ...
14 de may. de 2018 · The Truth About Leland Stanford Jr. | by Stanford Magazine | Stanford Magazine | Medium. Photo: Stanford Archives. The Truth About Leland Stanford Jr. His death broke his parents’...
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Amasa Leland Stanford (Watervliet, 9 de marzo de 1824- Palo Alto, 21 de junio de 1893) fue un magnate, abogado y político estadounidense, recordado hoy por ser el fundador, junto a su esposa Jane, de la prestigiosa Universidad Stanford. 1 Emigró desde Nueva York en 1852 para participar en la Fiebre del oro de California, donde se convirtió en ...
With his wife Jane, Stanford founded Leland Stanford Junior University as a memorial for their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who died as a teenager of typhoid fever in Florence, Italy, in 1884 while on a trip to Europe.
When railroad magnate and former California Gov. Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Lathrop Stanford, lost their only child, Leland, Jr., to typhoid in 1884, they decided to build a university as the most fitting memorial, and deeded to it a large fortune that included the 8,180-acre Palo Alto stock farm that became the campus.
His death broke his parents’ hearts and spawned a university. But who was he? Recent revelations suggest a different Leland Stanford Jr. than many have imagined.
17 de sept. de 2019 · 2019-20 Diekman Contemporary Commissions Program Artist. When Jane and Leland Stanford experienced the immense pain of losing their only son, Leland Jr., just before his 16th birthday, they were compelled to enshrine his memory in a meaningful way.
