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Charles Tyson Yerkes , 1837-1905, American financier, b. Philadelphia. He began his business career as a clerk in a Philadelphia grain commission house. He became a broker in 1858 and prospered, but in 1871 he was convicted of misappropriating city funds and was imprisoned. He regained his financial position through stock-market activities and became interested in the Philadelphia street railway system. He moved (1881) to Chicago, where by 1886 he had gained control of, and developed, the city transportation system. Later he went to London to participate in the development of the underground railway system of that city. In 1892, Yerkes furnished the Univ. of Chicago with the funds for the Yerkes Observatory, established (1897) at Williams Bay, Wis., near the Wisconsin-Illinois line.
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Public can scope out Yerkes Observatory
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel JOHN DEBAUN June 18, 2000 700+ words ...more than 100 years old, but the Yerkes Observatory on the shores of Geneva...public tours are available at Yerkes on Saturdays at 10 a.m, 11 a...else, a Chicago industrialist, Charles Tyson Yerkes, who donated nearly a half million... |
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U. of C. observatory a star on sale; locals, developer vie for Lake Geneva site.
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Magazine article from: The Scientist Marcus, Adam November 7, 2005 700+ words ...the University of Chicago for the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wis...of Geneva Lake, was named for Charles Tyson Yerkes, the Chicago streetcar baron whose...telescopes in the facility. It was at Yerkes that astronomer William Morgan... |
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Network built on the greed and nerve of a robber baron
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