biography
pronunciation:
[kaw(r)nel]
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| (1807–74)
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| biography:
| Industrialist and philanthropist, born in Westchester Landing, New York, USA. He began as a carpenter and millwright, and in association with Samuel Morse devised insulation for telegraph wires on poles. He founded several telegraph companies, including the Western Union Telegraph in 1855. In 1865, in association with Andrew Dickson White (1832–1918), he founded and endowed Cornell University, which opened in Ithaca, NY, in 1868. |
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