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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Leander_JLeander J. McCormick - Wikipedia

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   Leander James McCormick (February 8, 1819 – February 20, 1900) was an American inventor, manufacturer, philanthropist, and businessman and a member of the McCormick family of Chicago and Virginia. Along with his elder brothers Cyrus and William, he is regarded as one of the fathers of modern agriculture due to his part in the development of ...

2. www.nytimes.com › 1964/01/31 › leander-j-mccormickLeander J. McCormick Is Dead - The New York Times

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   Jan 31, 2017 · Jan. 31, 1964. CHICAGO, Jan. 30‐Leander J. McCormick, grandson of one of the founders of the Interna­tional Harvester Company, died yesterday in his home in St. Tropez, France. He was 76...

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   Who was Leander James McCormick?

   • Leander James McCormick was an inventor, businessman, and real estate tycoon who helped revolutionize agriculture with a mechanical reaper invented by his father, Robert McCormick Jr. Raised in Virginia, McCormick and his brother Cyrus Hall McCormick moved to Chicago, where they built a corporation selling their father’s “Old Reliable” reaper.

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   Did Cyrus McCormick have a relationship with Leander James?

   • The McCormick reaper heralded the rise of industrial agriculture. Although the brothers enjoyed tremendous business success, their personal relationship was fraught. Leander James McCormick and much of the rest of the McCormick family believed Cyrus McCormick claimed too much credit for their father’s invention.

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   How did Leander McCormick improve the Raker?

   • Leander McCormick continued to improve the design of the reaper, adding a seat for the raker and then creating self-raking machines that reduced the required manpower from two people to one. He had been paid a salary, but in 1859 he demanded that his brother give him equity in the business.

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   What did Robert McCormick do for a living?

   • Robert McCormick primarily enlisted his sons Leander McCormick and Cyrus McCormick to build and sell his reapers, although he also employed his nephew William Steele McCormick and an acquaintance named Sam Hite, as well as using enslaved labor. The business grew modestly in its early years; by 1844, the McCormicks had sold fifty reapers.

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4. encyclopediavirginia.org › entries › leander-jamesLeander James McCormick (1819–1900) - Encyclopedia Virginia

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   Nov 19, 2021 · Leander James McCormick was an inventor, businessman, and real estate tycoon who helped revolutionize agriculture with a mechanical reaper invented by his father, Robert McCormick Jr. Raised in Virginia, McCormick and his brother Cyrus Hall McCormick moved to Chicago, where they built a corporation selling their father’s “Old Reliable ...

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5. encyclopediavirginia.org › leandermccormickLeander James McCormick - Encyclopedia Virginia

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   Leander James McCormick. Leander James McCormick, an American inventor, businessman, and real estate tycoon, is the subject of this photographic portrait printed in McCormick's self-published Family Record and Biography (1896). In 1831, McCormick's father, Robert McCormick Jr., perfected a mechanical reaper that helped revolutionize agriculture.

6. www.findagrave.com › leander_james-mccormickLeander James McCormick (1819-1900) - Find a Grave Memorial

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   LEANDER J. McCORMICK DEAD - Leander J. McCormick, a member of the famous harvester machinery family, died of pneumonia at the Virginia Hotel in Chicago, Tuesday, February 20, 1900. Leander J McCormick was born in Rockbridge County, VA in 1819, and was the son of Robert McCormick, the inventor of the reaper.

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8. astronomy.as.virginia.edu › leander-mccormickLeander McCormick Observatory | Department of Astronomy

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   Leander McCormick Observatory. The University of Virginia operates the McCormick Observatory, located on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. The observatory was constructed after a gift from Leander J. McCormick to build one of the largest telescopes in the world.

9. astronomy.as.virginia.edu › history-leanderHistory of the Leander McCormick Observatory | Department of ...

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   In over a century of operation, the McCormick Observatory and its publications have recorded countless observations and contributions to astronomical science. Its success has been due to the large number of talented astronomers to work at the University of Virginia, and the history of the Observatory is as much their story as it is that of the ...