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William Lukens Elkins (May 2, 1832 – November 7, 1903) was an American businessman and art collector. He began his working career as a grocer in Philadelphia and became a business tycoon with financial interests in oil, natural gas and transportation.
William Elkins or Elkin may refer to: . William Henry Pferinger Elkins (1883–1964), Canadian soldier; William Lukens Elkins (1832–1903), American businessman; William McIntire Elkins (1882–1947), American collector of rare books and Dickensiana
William McIntyre Elkins (1882–1947) was an American collector of rare books and Dickensiana. Early life. He was born September 3, 1882, in Philadelphia into the ...
The Elkins Estate is a 42-acre (170,000 m 2) estate located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States. The estate contains seven buildings, the most notable being Elstowe Manor and Chelten House, which are historic mansions designed by Horace Trumbauer .
He and his business partner, William L. Elkins, invested with businessmen such as Charles Tyson Yerkes, the streetcar czar of Chicago. Widener used the great wealth accumulated from public transportation to become a founding organizer of U.S. Steel and the American Tobacco Company , as well as to acquire substantial holdings in Standard Oil and ...
Thomas Elkins (1818 – August 10, 1900) [1] was an African-American dentist, abolitionist, surgeon, pharmacist, and inventor. He lived in Albany, New York , for most of his life, but travelled during his service as the medical examiner of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts infantries and visited Liberia .
It was named for William Elkins, a pioneer settler. [5] A post office was established at Elkinsville in 1860, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1941. [ 6 ] The town was acquired via eminent domain for the building of Lake Monroe Reservoir in 1964, but later it was discovered that a mistake in elevation estimates meant that ...
William Lewis Elkin (April 29, 1855 – May 30, 1933) was an American astronomer known for his detailed work measuring parallaxes and for pioneering work in meteor photography. He served as director of the Yale University Observatory from 1896 to 1910.