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E. H. Harriman. Edward Henry Harriman (February 20, 1848 – September 9, 1909) was an American financier and railroad executive. [2] [3] [4] Early life. Harriman was born on February 20, 1848, in Hempstead, New York, the son of Orlando Harriman Sr., an Episcopal clergyman, and Cornelia Neilson. [3] .
Aug 21, 2023 · The story begins at the turn of the 20th century, when Edward Henry Harriman—or E.H.—was a gilded age industrialist every bit as well-known as J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Edward H. Harriman (1848-1909) was a railroad financier whose Northern Securities Company tangled with President Theodore Roosevelt and lost. E. H. Harriman rose from relatively obscure origins to become one of the nation’s leading investors and railroaders.
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May 11, 2018 · Edward Henry Harriman (1848-1909), executive of the Union Pacific Railroad, was one of the dominant American figures in that industry in the late 19th century. Born on Feb. 20, 1848, in Hempstead, N.Y., E. H. Harriman was raised in a relatively affluent environment.
To Americans living in the early twentieth century, E. H. Harriman was as familiar a name as J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie. Like his fe...
The expedition that carried his name set sail on May 31, 1899. Once underway, Harriman let it be known he intended, himself, to collect at least one major specimen of a large Alaskan...
E. H. Harriman was not an ethnographer or a map-maker. He was a business man, a stock broker turned railroad owner, but he did not come to Alaska on a business trip.
Edward H. Harriman. Edward Henry Harriman was born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, the son of an Episcopal minister. He attended Trinity School in New York City, and in 1860, won its top prize for scholarship.
Edward Henry Harriman (born Feb. 25, 1848, Hempstead, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 9, 1909, near Turner, N.Y.) was an American financier and railroad magnate, one of the leading builders and organizers in the era of great railroad expansion and development of the West during the late 19th century.
The Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899. One day in March 1899, Edward H. Harriman strode briskly into the office of C. Hart Merriam, chief of the U.S. Biological Survey. Without appointment...
