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- NAME: Henry Clay Frick
- OCCUPATION: Art Collector, Entrepreneur
- BIRTH DATE: December 19, 1849
- DEATH DATE: December 02, 1919
- PLACE OF BIRTH: West Overton, Pennsylvania
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York City, New York
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Henry Frick was an American industrialist who founded the H.C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company and was a chairman of the Carnegie Steel Co.
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(born , Dec. 19, 1849, West Overton, Pa., U.S.—died Dec. 2, 1919, New York, N.Y.) U.S. industrialist. He began building and operating coke ovens in 1870 and organized his own company in 1871. From 1889 he served as chairman of Carnegie Steel Co., the world's largest manufacturer of steel and coke. His role in the violent steel strike of 1892 in Homestead, Pa., provoked an anarchist to shoot and stab him, but he survived. He was instrumental in the formation of the U.S. Steel Corp. in 1901. A noted art collector and philanthropist, he bequeathed the Frick Collection to New York City. Andrew Carnegie.Copyright © 1994-2011 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. For more information visit Britannica.com
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