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Ezra Cornell

DEFINITIONS OF: Ezra Cornell

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n United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874)

Synonyms:
Cornell
Example of:
businessman, man of affairs
a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
altruist, philanthropist
someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
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