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Vanderbilt (CORNELIUS an American) (II)

CORNELIUS, an American capitalist; born in New Dorp, Staten Island, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1843; a son of William Henry; was assistant treasurer of the Harlem railroad in 1865- 1867; treasurer in 1867-1877; first vicepresident of the New York Central railroad in 1877-1885; and chief director of the Vanderbilt system of railroads in 1885-1895, when he retired from business because of failing health. He united with his brothers in a gift of $250,000 for the erection of the Vanderbilt Clinic of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1896; presented an addition costing $250,000 to St. Bartholomew's Home in New York City; gave Rosa Bonheur's painting, "The Horse Fair," to the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and was the donor of $100,000 to the fund of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine. "Vanderbilt Hall" to Yale University, and large sums of money to various charitable, religious, and public institutions. He died in New York City, Sept. 12, 1899.

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