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29 de ene. de 2021 · He contributed nothing to the Vanderbilt family fortune and instead squandered his own inheritance away on gambling and alcohol until his death. There are several anecdotes that describe his reckless lifestyle. On his 21st birthday, the night he came into his $15.5 million inheritance, he lost $70,000 gambling.
Images of George Washington Vanderbilt. Portrait of George Vanderbilt around age 12, circa 1873. George Vanderbilt with newborn daughter Cornelia on the Loggia of Biltmore House, September 30, 1900. George Vanderbilt (seated, third from left) with unidentified gondola companions in Venice, 1887. Afternoon tea on the Loggia, May 1903.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Cornelius Vanderbilt ( 1794 – 1877 ), était le quatrième enfant d'une famille modeste de Staten Island. Son arrière-arrière-arrière-grand-père, Jan Aertszoon van der Bilt ( 1620 – 1705 ), était agriculteur, originaire du village de De Bilt, dans la province d' Utrecht aux Pays-Bas, et avait émigré vers la ...
16 de abr. de 2010 · Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a shipping and railroad tycoon, and a self-made multi-millionaire who became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Sr. (October 20, 1877 – May 7, 1915) was an American businessman and member of the Vanderbilt family. A sportsman, he participated in and pioneered a number of related endeavors. He died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee.Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War.
Grace Graham Vanderbilt (née Wilson; September 3, 1870 – January 7, 1953) was an American socialite. She was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt III . [1] She was one of the last Vanderbilts to live the luxurious life of the "head of society" that her predecessors such as Alice and Alva Vanderbilt enjoyed.
