About Adam E. Cornelius
Lived 1882 – 1953 (aged 70–71). Adam E. Cornelius was an American entrepreneur, known for American Steamship Company.
Boland and Cornelius first ship, the SS Yale, shown underway prior to World War I, served as USS Yale (ID-1672), 1918–1920 and as USS Greyhound (IX-106), 1943–1944. Adam E. Cornelius (1882–1953) was one of the co-founders of the American Steamship Company and Boland and Cornelius Company.
Biography At age 20, Cornelius went to work for a small shipbroking and shipping chartering business owned by John J. Boland in Buffalo, New York.
Four vessels owned by the American Steamship Company have been named the Adam E. Cornelius in his honor, in 1908, 1948, 1959, and 1973.
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Who was Adam E. Cornelius?
American businessman
When was Adam E. Cornelius born?
Adam E. Cornelius was born in 1882.
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Adam E. Cornelius died in 1953.
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Adam E. Cornelius was an entrepreneur.
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Adam E. Cornelius was known for American Steamship Company.
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Adam E. Cornelius was American.
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