Charles Lewis Taylor (April 3, 1857February 3, 1922) was an American industrialist.

Biography

Charles L. Taylor was born in

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on April 3, 1857. He graduated from

Lehigh University Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The university was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer and was originally affiliated with the Epi ...

in 1876. He married Lillian Pitcairn on October 31, 1883, and they had one daughter. Taylor first went to work as an assistant chemist for the Cambria Iron Company in

Johnstown, Pennsylvania Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 census. Located east of Pittsburgh, Johnstown is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, whi ...

. From there he moved to

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where he was the Superintendent of the

Homestead Steel Works Homestead Steel Works was a large steel works located on the Monongahela River at Homestead, Pennsylvania in the United States. The company developed in the nineteenth century as an extensive plant served by tributary coal and iron fields, a ra ...

. It was when he became General Manager of The Hartman Steel Company that Taylor first began to work for

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans i ...

. Taylor died at his winter home in

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on February 3, 1922, and was buried at

Homewood Cemetery Homewood Cemetery is a historic urban cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in Point Breeze and is bordered by Frick Park, the neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, and the smaller Smithfield Cemetery. It was established ...

in Pittsburgh. Taylor College, a dormitory for upperclass students at Lehigh University, is named in his honor.

References

1857 births 1922 deaths Businesspeople from Philadelphia Lehigh University alumni 19th-century American businesspeople Burials at Homewood Cemetery {{US-business-bio-1850s-stub