William Cornelius Van Horne

1843 – 1915 Canada

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Who was William Cornelius Van Horne?

American-Canadian businessman and art collector (1843–1915)

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on William Cornelius Van Horne (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born

February 3, 1843

Died

1915

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