Villard,Henry

Villard,Henry
Vil·lard (vĭ-lärʹ, -lärdʹ), Henry. 1835-1900.
German-born American journalist and railroad magnate. He was president of the Northern Pacific Railroad (1881-1884) and formed (1890) the company that later became General Electric. His son Oswald Garrison Villard (1872-1949), a journalist and editor, was president of the New York Evening Post (1900-1918) and owner of The Nation (1918-1935).

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  • Villard, Henry — orig. Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard born April 10, 1835, Speyer, Bavaria died Nov. 12, 1900, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., U.S. German born U.S. journalist and financier. In 1853 he immigrated to the U.S., where he first found work with German language… …   Universalium

  • Villard, Henry — orig. Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard (10 abr. 1835, Speyer, Baviera–12 nov. 1900, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., EE.UU.). Periodista y financista estadounidense nacido en Alemania. En 1853 emigró a EE.UU., donde trabajó primero en periódicos en idioma… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Henry Villard — Henry Villard, eigentlich Heinrich Hilgard (* 10. April 1835 in Speyer; † 12. November 1900 in Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA) war ein deutscher Emigrant und Eisenbahnmagnat in den USA …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Villard — Villard, Henry, geb. 10. April 1835 in Zweibrücken in der Pfalz, Sohn des Oberlandesgerichtspräsidenten Hilgard, studierte in Deutschland die Rechte, wanderte anfangs der Fünfzigerjahre nach Amerika aus, wo er seinen deutschen Namen Hilgard in… …   Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens

  • Henry Villard — Infobox Person name=Henry Villard caption= birth date=birth date|1835|4|10|mf=y birth place=Speyer, Rhenish Bavaria death date=death date and age|1900|11|12|1835|4|10|mf=y death place=Henry Villard (April 10 1835 ndash; November 12, 1900) was an… …   Wikipedia

  • henry — /hen ree/, n., pl. henries, henrys. Elect. the SI unit of inductance, formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a …   Universalium

  • Henry — /hen ree/, n. 1. Joseph, 1797 1878, U.S. physicist. 2. O., pen name of William Sydney Porter. 3. Patrick, 1736 99, American patriot, orator, and statesman. 4. Cape, a cape in SE Virginia at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. 5. Fort. See …   Universalium

  • Henry — ► sustantivo masculino ELECTRICIDAD Denominación del henrio en la nomenclatura internacional. IRREG. plural henrys * * * henrio o henry (de J. Henry, físico inglés) m. Fís. Unidad de inductancia eléctrica en el Sistema Internacional. * * * …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • henry — ► sustantivo masculino ELECTRICIDAD Denominación del henrio en la nomenclatura internacional. IRREG. plural henrys * * * henrio o henry (de J. Henry, físico inglés) m. Fís. Unidad de inductancia eléctrica en el Sistema Internacional. * * * henry …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Villard — may mean:PlacesVillard is the name of several places in the United States:*Villard in Minnesota *Villard Township in Minnesota *Villard Township in North DakotaVillard is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:* Villard, in… …   Wikipedia

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