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Elias Rogers
Elias Rogers (June 23, 1850 – April 11, 1920) was a Canadian business magnate, banker, and politician. He was a major coal dealer in Canada and founder, with his brother Samuel, of the Elias Rogers Company in Toronto. His great-grandfather was Timothy Rogers (Quaker leader), Timothy Rogers (1756–1834), a Canadian settler, pioneer and Quaker leader who founded settlements in what became Newmarket, Ontario, Newmarket and Pickering, Ontario, Pickering. Biography Rogers was born in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Whitchurch, near Newmarket, to a Quaker family. He began in the lumber business before switching to coal, purchasing the first coal mines in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. Rogers was elected to Toronto City Council in 1887 as alderman for St. Lawrence Ward. He ran for mayor of Toronto 1888 Toronto municipal election, the next year on a Temperance movement, temperance platform but was defeated by Edward Frederick Clarke, after one of Clarke's supporters, Member of Parliament Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business Magnate
A business magnate, also known as an industrialist or tycoon, is a person who is a powerful entrepreneur and investor who controls, through personal enterprise ownership or a dominant shareholding position, a firm or industry whose goods or services are widely consumed. Etymology and history The term '' magnate'' derives from the Latin word (plural of ), meaning 'great man' or 'great nobleman'. The term ''mogul'' is an English corruption of , Persian or Arabic for 'Mongol'. It alludes to emperors of the Mughal Empire in Early Modern India, who possessed great power and storied riches capable of producing wonders of opulence, such as the Taj Mahal. The term ''tycoon'' derives from the Japanese word , which means 'great lord', used as a title for the . The word entered the English language in 1857 with the return of Commodore Perry to the United States. US President Abraham Lincoln was humorously referred to as ''the Tycoon'' by his aides John Nicolay and John Hay. The ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |