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VAN HORNE, SIR WILLIAM CORNELIUS (1843- )

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 894 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VAN-VIR
VAN HORNE, SIR WILLIAM CORNELIUS (1843- ) , Canadian financier, was born in Will county,
Illinois
 , U.S.A., on the 3rd of
February
  1843, of Dutch descent. He was educated in the common schools of the state, and in 1857 began
work
  as office boy in a railway station. His ability and force brought him to the front, and he rose till in ,881 he was appointed general manager of the Canadian Pacific railway. For the successful completion of this
great
  road his strong will and mental grasp were largely responsible, and he it was who not only controlled but steadily extended its operations during the lean years which followed. In 1884 he became vice-president of the line, in 1888 president, and in 1899 chairman of the board of directors. From 1885 onward he was more and more associated with every branch of Canadian mercantile and
financial
 
life
 , and as a publicist gave shrewd expression to his views on political and economic questions. After the Spanish-American War (1898) he became one of the
chief
  promoters of railway and industrial enterprise in Cuba. In May 1894 he was knighted by Queen Victoria in acknowledgment of his distinguished public services. He was also known as a
patron
  of art and literature and an
amateur
  painter of no little merit.


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