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Henry Clay Frick
Henry Clay Frick is an American industrialist, financier, labor activist and art patron. He founded coke producer H. C. Frick & Company, was the president of Carnegie Steel Company and played a key role in forming the US steel giant. He also financed the construction of the Pennsylvania Railway and Reading Company, and owns properties in Pittsburgh and across Pennsylvania. He then built the historic neoclassical Frick Castle and, upon his death, donated his rich collection of ancient paintings and high-end furniture to create Bao, the famous Frick Collection and the Art Museum. However, as a founding member of the South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club, he was also primarily responsible for the modifications to the South Fork Dam that caused it to fail, resulting in the catastrophic flooding of Johnstown.
BornDecember 19, 1849, West Overton, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedDecember 02, 1919, New York City, United States
Resting placeHomewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
EducationOtterbein University (did not graduate)
OccupationIndustrialist and art collector
Known forStrikebreaking, Frick Collection, Johnstown Flood
Spouse(s)Adelaide Childs Frick (1859–1931)
ChildrenChilds Frick, Martha Frick, Helen Clay Frick, Henry Clay Frick Jr.

About Henry Clay Frick

Entrepreneur Henry Clay Frick was born in West Overton, Pennsylvania, United States on December 19, 1849. He dies at the age of 69, on December 2, 1919.

Entrepreneur who led both the Carnegie Steel Company and H. C. Frick & Company in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a well-known financier who also helped to build the Pennsylvania Railroad.

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Henry Clay Frick before becoming famous

Henry Clay Frick was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1849 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rooster (雞).

He attended Otterbein College for a short time before leaving to work in the coke (fuel) and steel sectors.

Achievement of Henry Clay Frick

Alexander Berkman, a militant anarchist, attempted to assassinate him in 1892.

Henry Clay Frick's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He had four children with his wife, Adelaide Childs Frick.

Henry Clay Frick Collabed with

H. C. Frick and Entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie amalgamated their two enterprises, H. C. Frick & Company and Carnegie Steel Company, to become the United States Steel Company.

Henry Clay Frick Income & Net worth

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Henry Clay Frick Height and Weight

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Latest information about Henry Clay Frick updated on March 17 2023.