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Edward Rathbone Bacon (born in Le Roy, New York on November 22, 1848) was president of a railroad, lawyer and financier. His father was David Rinaldo Bacon and his mother was Elizabeth Rathbone. He had four siblings, Walter Rathbone, Lathrup Rufus, John Ganson, and Mary Sibley Bacon. Bacon never married or had children. Bacon served as the vice-president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and as the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad. He also worked as a lawyer and financier.〔(''New York Times'' December 12, 1915 )〕 Bacon died on December 2, 1915 in Baltimore, Maryland as a result of an appendicitis operation he had a week earlier.〔(''New York Times'' December 3, 1915 )〕 Bacon's main residence was 247 5th Avenue, New York, where he lived with his brother Walter and his sister-in-law Virginia P. Bacon.〔 He is also reported to have lived in Buffalo for a time. Bacon worked out of an office at 2 Wall Street in New York. He traveled often to Europe, which is where he purchased many of the works that made up his extensive art collection.〔''Memorial Catalog of Paintings by Old and Modern Masters, Collected by Edward R. Bacon'', Prepared by James B. Townsend and W. Stanton Howard (New York: The Devinne Press, 1919).〕〔''Memorial Catalogue of Chinese Art Objects, Including Porcelains, Potteries, Jades, Bronzes, and Cloisonne enamels, Collected by Edward R. Bacon'', Prepared by James B. Townsend and W. Stanton Howard. Introduction by John Getz (New York: The Devinne Press, 1919), xi.〕 He was included in the list of notable people arriving from Europe to New York City in the ''New York Times'' on October 13, 1895.〔(''New York Times'' October 13, 1895. )〕 ==Career== Edward Bacon was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire.〔 In 1869 he was admitted to the Bar in Buffalo, New York. Bacon lived and worked in Buffalo for a time, where he "achieved success as a lawyer."〔(''New York Times'' February 2, 1896 )〕 In around 1881 he moved to New York City and became Vice-President of the Cincinnati, Washington, & Baltimore Railroad.〔〔 From 1890 to 1902 he was the President of the Cincinnati, Washington, and Baltimore Railroad, which was later called the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad. In fact, "it was through his efforts that the Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore branch of the road was built," according to Bacon's ''New York Times'' obituary.〔 In 1896 he was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Bacon counseled various railway companies in law matters before and during his posts at Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.〔 In 1881 he joined the firm Field, Dorsheimer, Deyo, and Bacon.〔 The companies he counseled include Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Consolidated Coal Company, West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, and Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad Company.〔 Bacon was known as "one of the best-known financiers in the country."〔 Additional posts include director of the Farmer's Loan and Trust Company, director of the Inter-borough Rapid Transit Company in New York, director of Knickerbocker Apartment Company, director of the Kansas City Southern Railway, and of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railway.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward R. Bacon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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