Hubbard, Gardiner Greene
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Politics; Communications Engineering and Telecommunications. 1730 words.
Hubbard, Gardiner Greene (25 August 1822–11 December 1897), businessman and civic leader, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel Hubbard, a justice of the Massachusetts...
Vail, Theodore Newton
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: US Politics; Communications Engineering and Telecommunications. 2261 words.
Vail, Theodore Newton (16 July 1845–16 April 1920), business leader, was born near Minerva, in Carroll County, Ohio, the son of Davis Vail, a farmer and iron manufacturer, and Phebe Quinby....
