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- William Russell Grace (May 10, 1832 – March 21, 1904) was an American politician, the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York City, and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company.
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William Russell Grace (May 10, 1832 – March 21, 1904) was an American politician, the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York City, and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company. [1]
William R. Grace (born May 10, 1832, Queenstown [now Cobh], County Cork, Ire.—died March 21, 1904, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was an American shipowner and founder of W.R. Grace & Co., a corporation that was for many years a dominant influence on the economy of South America’s west coast and, under the management of his heirs, became a ...
William Russell Grace, mayor of New York City, accepts the Statue of Liberty from the people of France. 1890 Grace inaugurates steamship service between New York and the west coast of South America.
May 20, 2008 · Then there is the fifth kind, one that our current Michael Bloomberg embodies, as does this week’s Know Your Mayor topic, William R. Grace — the mogul mayor, a powerful businessman with astute vision who pursue civic leadership almost like a hobby.
May 14, 2018 · William Russell Grace (1832-1904), Irish-born American entrepreneur and politician, dominated commerce between Peru and the United States and promoted industrial and agricultural development in South America. William R. Grace was born in Queenstown, Ireland, on May 10, 1832.
Feb 16, 2015 · William Russell Grace, the 54th and 56th mayor of the City of New York, was born in Ireland on May 10, 1832. In 1845, when Billy was 13, the Irish potato crop failed due to blight, and failed again in 1846 and 1847.
Grace’s founder, William Russell Grace, was born in Ireland in 1832. The adventurous entrepreneur from County Cork, not only would establish a global enterprise, but would become New York City’s first Roman Catholic mayor. In 1854, he founded W. R. Grace & Co. in Callao, Peru.
