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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 · In response to declining prices of rolled-steel productis in the early 1890s, Henry Clay Frick, general manager of the Homestead plant owned by Andrew Carnegie, took a series of bold but...
8 de out. de 2022 · Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was a Pennsylvania-born industrialist. Despite coming from an undistinguished background, he rose to become a millionaire in coke production (an ingredient needed for metallurgy), steel, and railroads.
The Frick was founded by the American industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), who left his art collection and Gilded Age residence for the enjoyment of the public. The Frick Art Reference Library, a leading art history research center, was founded by Henry Clay Frick’s daughter, Helen Clay Frick (1888–1984), more than a century ago.
