James H. Laughlin

James H. Laughlin

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name = James H. Laughlin


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birth_date = March 1, 1806
birth_place = County Down, Ireland
death_date = December 18, 1882
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known_for = J&L Steel
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occupation = financier
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religion = Presbyterian
spouse = Ann Irwin
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children = Eliza Irwin Laughlin, James Laughlin
parents = James and Eliza Laughlin
relations = James Laughlin IV, Irwin Boyle Laughlin, Duncan Phillips


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James H. Laughlin was a pioneer of the iron and steel industry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was born March 1, 1806 near Portaferry in County Down. [cite book |last=Boucher |first=John Newton |title=A century and a half of Pittsburg and her people |year=1908 |pages=213 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=RhAVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=%22James+Laughlin%22+%22County+Down%22&source=web&ots=n_w8Uq6B5V&sig=1eda7yetS630f-qq2VofYCd5eDo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA214,M1 |OCLC=13928977]

teel industry

He became a junior partner of the iron business of Benjamin Franklin Jones in 1857. The company was renamed Jones and Laughlin in 1861, later reorganized as J&L Steel. [cite journal |title=Family's Fourth |journal=Time |year=1936 |issue=April 13 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756010-2,00.html |accessdate=2008-08-09] [cite journal |title=Jones-Laughlin Steel to be Reorganized |journal=New York Times |year=1922 |issue=Aug. 6 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F04EEDC1F3EEE3ABC4E53DFB4678389639EDE |accessdate=2008-08-09]

Arts and education

He was the first president of the Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh.

He was a founder of the Pennsylvania Female College, which later became Chatham University.

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