Charles t hinde biography
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Charles T. Hinde
American industrialist
Charles T. Hinde | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 12, 1832 Urbana, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 10, 1915(1915-03-10) (aged 82) Coronado, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Indiana Asbury University (renamed Depauw University in 1884) (dropped out) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Business magnate, philanthropist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Known for | Co-founding the Hotel del Coronado | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Board member of | Coronado Beach Company Spreckels Bros. Commercial Co. Halliday Brothers Galena, Dubuque and St. Paul Packet Co. St. Louis & Memphis Packet Co. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Global Grain & Milling Co. San Diego Electric Railway Co. Hinde, Verhoeff, & Co. Chas. T. Hinde & Co | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Eliza Halliday | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Camilla Hinde | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent(s) | Thomas S. Hinde and Sara Cavileer Hinde | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Dr. Thomas Hinde (grandfather) Edmund C. Hinde (brother) Frederick Hinde Zimmerman (nephew • Who was Charles T. Hinde?Charles T. Hinde was an industrialist, tycoon, riverboat captain, businessman, and entrepreneur. He managed many businesses and invested in numerous business ventures over the course of his life. Hinde served in executive leadership positions in the river navigation, shipping, railroad, and hotel businesses. By his late forties, Hinde had already amassed a great fortune from his work in the steamboat and railroad industries. In the late 1880s Hinde was invited to San Diego by his closefriend E. S. Babcock to invest in and run several businesses, including the Hotel del Coronado and the SpreckelsBrothersCommercialCompany with John D. Spreckels. Hindevastlyincreased his personalfortuneduring his time in southern California, and he helped spur the economy of the region. Towards the end of his life he donated much of his wealth to furthervariousprojects in the Californian city of Coronado and its surrounding area, some dedicated to the memory of his daughter • For other people named Thomas Hinde, see Thomas Hinde (disambiguation).
Doctor Thomas Hinde (July 10, 1737 – September 28, 1828) was Northern Kentucky's first physician, a member of the British Royal Navy, an American Revolutionary, personal physician to Patrick Henry, and treated orsaka | ||||||||||||||||||||||