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Walter Rathbone Bacon : ウィキペディア英語版 | Walter Rathbone Bacon Walter Rathbone Bacon (February 22nd, 1845 - November 14th,1917) was an American capitalist who organised a system of tramways in Europe.〔(''New York Times'' November 15, 1917 )〕 Over his career, Bacon acted as director of Imperial Tramways Company, London Street Tramways Company, Corris Railway Company, Bell Punch Company Ltd., Hull Street Tramways Company, North Metropolitan Tramway Company and Belfast Street Tramways Company.〔Imperial Tramways Company〕〔(''Duncan's Manual of British, Foreign and Colonial Tramway, Omnibus & Electric Railway Companies'', 1896, pg. 298 )〕〔 (''The Stock Exchange Book For 1883'', 1883, pg. 345 )〕〔 (''The Stock Exchange Book For 1883'', 1883, pg. 404 )〕〔 (''The Stock Exchange Book For 1883'', 1883, pg. 346 )〕〔 (''The Stock Exchange Book For 1883'', 1883, pg. 349 )〕〔'The Hamberg, Altona and District Tramway Company, Ltd.' in ''Truth'', Vol 13, London, April 12 1883, pg. 524 〕 In 1882, in Bordeaux, France, Bacon married Virginia Purdy Barker, the youngest granddaughter of business magnate, Cornelius Vanderbilt.〔''The Standard'', Friday March 10, issue 1785 (London: 1882), p. 1. Accessed through ''19th Century British Library Newspapers Part II''〕 Bacon and his wife spent most of their time abroad, particularly in London and at Netherdale Estate, their Manor house in Turriff, Scotland. However, after the outbreak of World War I travel to Europe became more difficult and the Bacons remained in New York.〔(''American Art News'', April 12, 1919 )〕〔 Walter, with his brother Edward R. Bacon, a lawyer, acted as president of the Knickerbocker Apartments at 247 Fifth Avenue, where the two lived with Walter's wife.〔(''New York Times'' November 15, 1917 )〕 Walter died in his Fifth Avenue apartment on November 14th, 1917.〔(''New York Times'' November 15, 1917 )〕 In 1911, Virginia established the Walter Rathbone Bacon Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution in memory of her husband.〔http://www.smithsonianofi.com/walter-rathbone-bacon-fellowship/〕 ==References==
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