James Ross (Canadian businessman)
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James Ross (né en 1848 à Cromarty en Écosse 1848 et décédé le 20 mars 1913 à Montréal au Canada) est un ingénieur et financier canadien qui a été associé à la croissance et au développement du Canada, notamment en participant à la construction de nombreuses lignes de chemins de fer dans ce pays. Il a été le directeur de la construction du Canadien Pacifique à travers les Rocheuses canadiennes, entre les provinces d'Alberta et de la Colombie-Britannique.
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James Leveson Ross (1848 – 20 September 1913), of Montreal, was a Scottish-born Canadian civil engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He established his fortune predominantly through railway construction, notably for the Canadian Pacific Railway, of which he was the major shareholder, and advising Lord Strathcona on railway projects in Argentina and Chile. He oversaw the electrification of street railways in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saint John, Birmingham (England), Mexico City and São Paulo. He was president of the Dominion Bridge Company, the Mexican Power Company etc. He was Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars and Governor of McGill University and the Royal Victoria Hospital. He was an avid collector of the Old Masters and president of th
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James Ross (Canadian businessman)
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James Ross (1848-1913)
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Civil engineer, businessman and philanthropist
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Mary B. McKeddie
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Annie Kerr
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James Leveson Ross (1848 – 20 September 1913), of Montreal, was a Scottish-born Canadian civil engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He established his fortune predominantly through railway construction, notably for the Canadian Pacific Railway, of which he was the major shareholder, and advising Lord Strathcona on railway projects in Argentina and Chile. He oversaw the electrification of street railways in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saint John, Birmingham (England), Mexico City and São Paulo. He was president of the Dominion Bridge Company, the Mexican Power Company etc. He was Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars and Governor of McGill University and the Royal Victoria Hospital. He was an avid collector of the Old Masters and president of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. He owned several yachts including two named Glencairn and became the first Canadian to be made a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. He funded the construction of the Ross Memorial Wing at the Royal Vic; the Ross Memorial Hospital and Nurse's Home at Lindsay, Ontario; and the Protestant Hospital for the Insane at Verdun, Quebec. He lived in the Golden Square Mile.
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James Ross (né en 1848 à Cromarty en Écosse 1848 et décédé le 20 mars 1913 à Montréal au Canada) est un ingénieur et financier canadien qui a été associé à la croissance et au développement du Canada, notamment en participant à la construction de nombreuses lignes de chemins de fer dans ce pays. Il a été le directeur de la construction du Canadien Pacifique à travers les Rocheuses canadiennes, entre les provinces d'Alberta et de la Colombie-Britannique.
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