Cornell,Ezra

Cornell,Ezra
Cor·nell (kôr-nĕlʹ), Ezra. 1807-1874.
American businessman and philanthropist who helped develop and unify telegraph systems in the United States and founded Cornell University (1868) with Andrew D. White.

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