See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES TYSON See also:

• CHARLES TYSON YERKES (1837-1905)

YERKES (1837-1905)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American capitalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of Quaker parentage, in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, on the 25th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1837 . He was a clerk in a See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain-See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, an See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange See also:

• BROKER (according to the New English Dictionary, from Lat. brocca, spit, spike, broccare, to broach "—another Eng. form of the same word; hence O. Fr. vendre d broche, to retail, e.g. wine, from the tap, and thus the general sense of dealing; see also for

broker (1858-61) and a banker (1861-86) . When he failed in 1871 he refused to give any preference to the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Philadelphia for bonds sold on its See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, and was convicted of " misappropriating city funds," and sentenced to two years and nine months in the See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary . After serving seven months of this See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence he was pardoned, and the City See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council afterward passed an See also:

• ORDINANCE
• ORDINANCE, or ORDONNANCE

ordinance cancelling the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality's claim against him . He established a banking business in See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago in 1881; in 1886 got See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the Chicago City Railway See also:

• COMPANY

Company; and within the next twelve years organized a virtual See also:

• MONOPOLY (Gr. govomeXla or govoircaXwv, exclusive sale, from govds, alone, and irwXeiv, to sell)

monopoly of the See also:

• SURFACE

surface and elevated railway service of Chicago . He disposed of his See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street railway interests in Chicago, and removed to See also:

• LONDON

London (1900) . There he acquired in 1901 a controlling See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

Metropolitan See also:

• DISTRICT

District railway, and by organizing the finances of the Under-ground Electric See also:

• RAILWAYS

Railways Company he took an important initiative in extending the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of London electric railways . See also:

• YERKES, CHARLES TYSON (1837-1905)

Yerkes gave to the university of Chicago the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• TELESCOPE

telescope installed in the Yerkes See also:

• OBSERVATORY

Observatory at See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva, See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin, and gathered in his New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence a remarkable collection of paintings, tapestries and rugs, which were sold at See also:

• AUCTION

auction in See also:

• APRIL

April 1910 for $2,034,450 . He died in New York on the 29th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1905 .