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Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel manufacturing concern.
Henry Clay Frick (West Overton, 19 de dezembro de 1849 — Nova Iorque, 2 de dezembro de 1919) foi um industrial estadunidense e patrono das artes, conhecido em certo momento histórico como o "homem mais odiado da América". [1]
Henry Clay Frick was born, from relatively modest Mennonite stock, on December 19, 1849, in West Overton, a rural community in southwestern Pennsylvania. The second child of an immigrant farmer who married the daughter of a flour merchant and whisky distiller, Frick worked as a salesman in one of Pittsburgh's most prominent stores and became ...
Henry Clay Frick (born December 19, 1849, West Overton, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died December 2, 1919, New York City) was a U.S. industrialist, art collector, and philanthropist who helped build the world’s largest coke and steel operations.
23 de jul. de 2019 · Learn about the life and legacy of Henry Clay Frick, a self-made businessman who became a robber baron in the Gilded Age and a symbol of industry. Find out how he clashed with workers, anarchists, and Carnegie, and how he collected art in New York.
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11 de jun. de 2018 · Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was an American industrialist and financier who expanded the Carnegie Steel Company and formed the United States Steel Company. He was involved in the Homestead strike, a bitter labor conflict that ended with violence and controversy.
In 1905, Henry Clay Frick moved his family from Pittsburgh to New York, leasing the Vanderbilt mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue. He kept his Pittsburgh residence, along with a country estate in...
