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Ezra Cornell ( /kɔrˈnɛl/ ; Westchester Landing , 11 de enero de 1807 - 9 de diciembre de 1874 ) fue hombre de negocios, político y filántropo estadounidense de origen inglés. Fue el fundador de Western Union y cofundador de la Universidad de Cornell.
- Estadounidense
- 9 de diciembre de 1874 (67 años), Ithaca (Estados Unidos)
- Sage Chapel (Cornell)
Ezra Cornell (/ k ɔːr ˈ n ɛ l /; January 11, 1807 – December 9, 1874) was an American businessman, politician, academic, and philanthropist. He was the founder of Western Union and a co-founder of Cornell University.
Ezra Cornell fue hombre de negocios, político y filántropo estadounidense de origen inglés. Fue el fundador de Western Union y cofundador de la Universidad de Cornell. También se desempeñó como presidente de la Sociedad de Agricultura de Nueva York. y como senador del estado de Nueva York.
Although Ezra Cornell died in 1874, his remarkable ideals gave life to a radical educational experiment which lives on. In the small rural community of Ithaca, New York, he created the first truly American university, now one of the great educational institutions of the world, which bears his name.
Llenroc is a Gothic revival villa built for Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University. It is located at 100 Cornell Avenue in Ithaca, New York , just below the Cornell University campus. Since 1911, it has been the home of the Pi Chapter of the Delta Phi fraternity .
Ezra Cornell (born Jan. 11, 1807, Westchester Landing, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 9, 1874, Ithaca, N.Y.) was a businessman, a founder of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and a guiding force in the establishment of Cornell University.
He invented and patented a special farm plow. When Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph and sought to transmit between Washington DC and Baltimore, Ezra Cornell devised a way the first message could be communicated in 1844: “What hath God wrought?” He then supervised building a line between Albany and New York City.
