Cyrus Wakefield

Cyrus Wakefield

Cyrus Wakefield (7 February 1811 Roxbury, New Hampshire - 26 October 1873 Boston) was a manufacturer of rattan furniture and carriage bodies.

Biography

About 1827 he went to Boston, where he engaged in trade. He originated the rattan business in the United States, and discovered several methods of utilizing the rattan waste, while of the split rattans he made furniture and carriage bodies. He established a large factory for these manufactures in South Reading, Massachusetts, where his rattan works covered seven acres of ground. In 1868 South Reading voted to change its name to Wakefield, in recognition of his benefactions, particularly the gift of a town-hall that cost $100,000. He also gave $100,000 to Harvard University, and left other large philanthropic bequests.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Wakefield, Massachusetts — Infobox Settlement official name = Wakefield, Massachusetts nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type = Country… …   Wikipedia

  • Cyrus the Great — King of Āryāvarta[1][2], King of Persia, King of Anshan, King of Media, King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the four corners of the World[ …   Wikipedia

  • Cyrus Aldrich — (* 18. Juni 1808 in Smithfield, Rhode Island; † 5. Oktober 1871 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1859 und 1863 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Minnesota im …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • The Wakefield Daily Item — Infobox Newspaper name = The Wakefield Daily Item caption = type = Daily newspaper format = Broadsheet foundation = May 7, 1894 ceased publication = price = USD .50 daily owners = The Wakefield Item Co. publisher = Glenn D. Dolbeare editor =… …   Wikipedia

  • Radiohalo — Radiohalos are microscopic, spherical shells of discolouration in rocks, such as granite, or biotite caused by the inclusion of radioactive grains in the rock or by deposition of radioactive material in them. One widely accepted theory is that… …   Wikipedia

  • English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …   Universalium

  • Saturday Night Live TV show sketches of the 2000s — Since the beginning of Saturday Night Live, the show has been something of an anti television show, turning the medium on its head with endless fake commercials and parodies of TV shows themselves. The most common style of their recurring… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste Des Généraux De L'Union — Liste des officiers généraux de l’armée de l Union, durant la guerre de Sécession : Liens internes Liste des généraux de la Confédération Grades Général = général d armée, Lieutenant général = général de corps d armée, Major général =… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Liste des generaux de l'Union — Liste des généraux de l Union Liste des officiers généraux de l’armée de l Union, durant la guerre de Sécession : Liens internes Liste des généraux de la Confédération Grades Général = général d armée, Lieutenant général = général de corps d …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Liste des généraux de l'Union — Liste des officiers généraux de l’armée de l Union, durant la guerre de Sécession : Grades Général = général d armée, Lieutenant général = général de corps d armée, Major général = général de division, Brigadier général = général de brigade… …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”