Ezra Cornell
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Ezra Cornell (1807–December_9, 1874) was an American businessman. He made his fortune in the telegraph business as an associate of Samuel Morse and as a founder of Western Union. With Andrew Dickson White, he founded Cornell University in 1865.

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