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16 de abr. de 2010 · Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a shipping and railroad tycoon, ... Frank Armstrong Crawford, who was more than four decades his junior.) Cornelius Vanderbilt: Steamships .
Laurus Crawfurdiana: Memorials of that Branch of the Crawford Family which Comprises the Descendants of John Crawford of Virginia, 1660-1883 : with Notices of the Allied Families: Author: Mrs. Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt: Edition: reprint: Publisher: A. M. E. Massey, 1974: Length: 213 pages : Export Citation: BiBTeX EndNote RefMan
Elliott Fitch Shepard (1833–1893): husband of Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard; Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt (1839–1885): 2nd wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt; William Douglas Sloane (1844–1915): 1st husband of Emily Thorn Vanderbilt; Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt (1845–1934): wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Vanderbilt’s annual Crawford Lecture on women, engaged citizenship and leadership began in 2014 and was established in honor of Frank Armstrong Crawford Vand...
In the spring of 1873, Bishop McTyeire traveled to New York City for medical treatment with his wife, Amelia Townsend McTyeire, a cousin to Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt’s young second wife. Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American business magnate who built his enormous wealth in railroads and shipping.
Vanderbilt’s second wife, Frank, and her cousin Amelia McTyeire forged “silent but golden” links in Vanderbilt’s ties to influential post-Civil War circles. Additionally, Chancellor Landon Garland procured for the institute the finest scientific instruments available at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Vanderbilt University is an independent, privately-supported University founded in 1873 through a gift from Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. Born of modest means and not formally educated, the Commodore, a nickname Vanderbilt received in his youth, built a fortune from steamboat lines and railroads. The endowment of the University was his only ...
