LC control no. | n 50033287 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831 |
Variant(s) | Girard, Étienne, 1750-1831 |
Associated country | France United States |
Located | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
Birth date | 1750-05-20 |
Death date | 1831-12-26 |
Place of birth | Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) |
Field of activity | Banks and banking Philanthropy |
Profession or occupation | Bankers Philanthropists |
Found in | Girard almanac, for the year of our Lord ... 1835: p. 17 (Extract from the life of Stephen Girard: ... alternating between the profession of captain and merchant) Wikipedia, viewed 1 August 2018:: Stephen Girard (May 20, 1750-December 26, 1831; born Étienne Girard, Bordeaux, France; naturalized American; philanthropist; banker; personally saved the U.S. government from financial collapse during the War of 1812; estimated to have been the fourth richest American of all time; adopted home of Philadelphia) |
Associated language | eng |