British East India Company

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British East India Company

COMPANY

Granted its Royal Charter in 1600, dissolved in 1858. Was also known as Honourable East India Company, and East India Trading Company.

Industry:
Transport

Corporate headquarters:
London, England

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Elihu Yale Philanthropist 5-Apr-1649 8-Jul-1721 Namesake of Yale University

EMPLOYMENT

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

William Baffin Explorer c. 1584 23-Jan-1622 Tried to find North-West Passage

George Everest Explorer 4-Jul-1790 1-Dec-1866 Namesake of Mt. Everest

Oliver Goldsmith Author 10-Nov-1730 4-Apr-1774 The Vicar of Wakefield

Richard Hakluyt Author c. 1552 23-Nov-1616 Voiages and Discoveries of the English nation

Edmund Halley Astronomer 8-Nov-1656 14-Jan-1742 Predicted return of Halley's Comet

Sir Henry Irving Actor 6-Feb-1838 13-Oct-1905 English actor, Theater manager

Robert Jenkins Business fl. 1731-45 fl. 1731-45 War of Jenkins' Ear

Charles Lamb Author 10-Feb-1775 27-Dec-1834 Essays of Elia

Sir Stamford Raffles Government 6-Jul-1781 5-Jul-1826 Founder of Singapore

Matthew Webb Swimmer 18-Jan-1848 24-Jul-1883 First to swim the English Channel

EXTRANEOUS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Thomas Love Peacock Novelist 18-Oct-1785 23-Jan-1866 Nightmare Abbey

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