Austin Corbin

Austin Corbin
Born(1827-07-11)July 11, 1827
DiedJune 4, 1896 (1896-06-05) (aged 68)
Newport, New Hampshire, U.S.
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery (The Bronx, New York City)
EducationHarvard Law School
Occupation(s)Banking and railroad businessman
SpouseHannah Maria Wheeler
ChildrenAustin Corbin, Isabella Corbin Edgell, Anna Corbin Borrowe, Mary Corbin Champollion
Parent(s)Capt. Austin and Mary (Chase) Corbin
RelativesDaniel Chase Corbin (brother), René Chéronnet-Champollion (son-in-law), Salmon P. Chase (cousin)
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Austin Corbin (July 11, 1827 – June 4, 1896) was a 19th-century American banking and railroad entrepreneur. He consolidated the rail lines on Long Island, bringing them under the profitable umbrella of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR).

He was the owner of Manhattan Beach, a resort in Brooklyn, New York City, from which he barred Jews. He was also the owner of the Sunnyside Plantation in Chicot County, Arkansas, from 1886 to his death in 1896, where he used convict laborers and later brought Italian immigrants to work on the land.