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Ezra Cornell (/ k ɔːr ˈ n ɛ l /; January 11, 1807 – December 9, 1874) was an American businessman, politician, academic, and philanthropist. He was the founder of Western Union and a co-founder of Cornell University.
Although Ezra Cornell died in 1874, his remarkable ideals gave life to a radical educational experiment which lives on. In the small rural community of Ithaca, New York, he created the first truly American university, now one of the great educational institutions of the world, which bears his name.
Apr 27, 2015 · 1 — The normal Ezra Cornell biography. Dear Old Ezra, born in 1807 in downstate New York to a Quaker family, moved to the Cortland County town of DeRuyter at 12, and then to the boomtown of Ithaca in 1828. According to Morris Bishop’s “History of Cornell,” he was a tall, gaunt gentleman, disinclined to show emotion or to talk more than ...
Ezra’s letters reveal a practical but visionary man whose life both exemplified and shaped nineteenth-century America. His keen observations provide a firsthand account of the country’s cultural development, the profound effects of industrialization and the Civil War, and his own role in developing the century’s principal communication ...
Ezra Cornell: 1807-1827. Ezra Cornell was born on January 11, 1807 at Westchester Landing in the town and county of Westchester, New York, the eldest son of Elijah and Eunice Cornell.
Feb 13, 2024 · Ezra Cornell ’70, BS ’71, is the great-great-great grandson of University founder Ezra Cornell—and as his eldest living lineal descendant, he holds the life trustee position on the Board of Trustees as stipulated by the University’s charter.
If Ezra Cornell were to peruse the headlines of The Cornell Daily Sun or Cornell Chronicle today, he undoubtedly would be impressed with the breadth and depth of achievements and innovations by his namesake university.
