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Frick, Henry Clay

Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x

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(b. West Overton, Pa., 19 December 1849; d. New York, N.Y., 2 December 1919) An entrepreneur who rose to be a millionaire through the coal business by 1880, Frick then became a steel executive and rose to be chairman of Carnegie Steel Co. While directing its response to the H omestead strike , in which there were 10 deaths, Frick himself was shot. In 1901 he and J. P. M organ bought out Andrew C arnegie and organized the United States Steel Corp., the country's largest holding company, and Frick became president. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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Bibliographic Details

A Dictionary of American History

Edited by: THOMAS L. PURVIS
eISBN: 9781577180999
Print publication date: 1997

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Table of Contents

A Dictionary of American History

Preface
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- French and Indian War
- French immigration
- Frenchtown, battle of
- Freneau, Philip Morin
- Freylinghausen, Rev. Theodore
- Frick, Henry Clay
- Friedan, Betty
- Fries’ Rebellion
- Frost, Robert
- Frothingham v. Mellon
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