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Henry John Kaiser Biography

Henry John Kaiserentrepreneur, industrial contractorBorn: 5/9/1882Birthplace: Sprout Brook, N.Y. Kaiser seemed to have a knack for being at the right place at the right time, winning…

William Henry Vanderbilt Biography

William Henry Vanderbiltrailroad developer, financierBorn: 5/8/1821Birthplace: New Brunswick, N.J. Being the son of Cornelius Vanderbelt did little to secure William a job in the family…

Albert Henry Wiggin Biography

Albert Henry WigginbankerBorn: 1868Birthplace: Medfield, Mass. Considered somewhat of a Wunderkind when he became youngest vice president ever at Chase National Bank at 36, he had already…

William Henry Smith Biography

William Henry SmithBritish newsagentBorn: 1792 He got his start selling newspapers in his father's business in 1812 with his brother Henry Edward. They moved beyond their father's Strand shop…

Henry William Stiegel Biography

Henry William Stiegel ironmaster, glassmakerBorn: 5/13/1729 Birthplace: Cologne, Germany He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1750, and established iron forges in Lancaster and Berks Counties,…

Henry Hyde, 1998 News

Republican representative from Illinois, is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Hyde's committee has the responsibility of leading the impeachment inquiry on President Clinton,…

Henry Hampton 1998 Deaths

Henry Hamptonproducer Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker of the critically acclaimed Eyes on the Prize, which chronicled the Civil Rights movementBorn: 1940Died: 1998Darrell HalloranG…

Henri Paul, 1997 News

was the sole survivor of the car crash in Paris that killed Princess Diana, her companion, film producer Dodi al-Fayed, and the driver Henri Paul. Paul's blood alcohol content was triple…

Henry W. Kendall Biography

Henry W. KendallAge: 72 Nobel-winning physicist who helped discover that protons and neutrons, formerly thought to be the basic building blocks of matter, are made up of quarks. Firmly…

Henry Laskau 2000 Deaths

Henry LaskauAge: 83 race walker who fled Nazi Germany for United States where he dominated the sport in the 1940s and 50s; a three-time Olympian (1948,52,56); won 42 national titles; during…