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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 ...
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Leland Stanford (1824-1893), fundador de la universidad,...
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Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 – June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from California. He served as the 8th Governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1885 until his death in 1893.
Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California. It was founded in 1885 by Leland Stanford —a railroad magnate who served as the eighth governor of and then-incumbent senator from California —and his wife, Jane , in memory of their only child, Leland Jr . [2]
9 de abr. de 2024 · Biography of Leland Stanford, U.S. senator from California and, as the president of the Central Pacific Railroad, one of the builders of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. He is one of the 19th-century entrepreneurial tycoons called robber barons. He and his wife founded Stanford University.
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Amasa Leland Stanford fue un magnate, abogado y político estadounidense, recordado hoy por ser el fundador, junto a su esposa Jane, de la prestigiosa Universidad Stanford. Emigró desde Nueva York en 1852 para participar en la Fiebre del oro de California, donde se convirtió en un exitoso comerciante y mayorista, gracias a lo cual fue ...
Stanford University was founded in 1885 by California senator Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, “to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization.” A portrait of Senator Leland Stanford, Jane Lathrop Stanford, Leland Stanford Jr. taken in 1878. (Image credit: Stanford University Archives)
