Henry Villard
German-American journalist and financier (1835-1900) · Germany · On the map · Journalists · Died at 65
Henry Villard was a German-American journalist and financier who was an influential leader and the sixth president of the Northern Pacific Railway (1881-1884) which completed its trans-continental route during his tenure in 1883.
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Henry Villard (left) at about age 13, with mother (center), sister Emma (right) and uncle Robert (above)
Henry Villard in 1866
Oregon and Transcontinental stock owned by Henry Villard
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company steamship Columbia. Launched in 1880, it was the first commercial application of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb.
Group photograph of Hermann Helmholtz, his wife (seated) and academic friends Hugo Kronecker (left), Thomas Corwin Mendenhall (right), Henry Villard (center standing) - 1893
The epitaph of Henry Villard
The monument to Henry Villard in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
