See also:SIR See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:CORNELIUS See also:VAN See also:HORNE (1843- )
, See also:Canadian financier, was See also:born in Will See also:county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., on the 3rd of See also:February 1843, of Dutch descent
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He was educated in the See also:common See also:schools of the See also:state, and in 1857 began See also:work as See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office boy in a railway station
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His ability and force brought him to the front, and he See also:rose till in ,881 he was appointed See also:general manager of the Canadian Pacific railway
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For the successful completion of this See also:great road his strong will and See also:mental grasp were largely responsible, and he it was who not only controlled but steadily extended its operations during the lean years which followed
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In 1884 he became See also:vice-See also:president of the See also:line, in 1888 president, and in 1899 chairman of the See also:board of See also:directors
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From 1885 onward he was more and more associated with every See also:branch of Canadian See also:mercantile and See also:financial See also:life, and as a publicist gave shrewd expression to his views on See also:political and economic questions
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After the See also:Spanish-See also:American See also:War (1898) he became one of the See also:chief promoters of railway and See also:industrial enterprise in See also:Cuba
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In May 1894 he was knighted by See also:Queen See also:Victoria in See also:acknowledgment of his distinguished public services
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He was also known as a See also:patron of See also:art and literature and an See also:amateur painter of no little merit
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